PART 1
1. What is your first recollection (the earliest memory) of race?
It used to be just a few days after the statement of Donald Trump when my elder brother and I were yelled at by way of a group of guys who instructed us to be aware that our holiday is over, and it is time for us to start packing at the fuel station.
2. How would you describe the cultural environment in which you have been raised: racially homogenous? Multiracial-multicultural? Something else? How did the racial environment fluctuate between your home/community and school developing up?
I was introduced up in Hyderabad in India, but no matter the fact that most of the dwellers have been Muslim, I never heard the phrase not due to the fact it was a homogenous community but because everybody was welcomed. The real definition of racism was dawned to me at school.
3. What patterns of race relations do you recall from high school? How much healthy social interaction was there across racial lines? What about interracial dating?
The whites, Asians, Hispanics, and the African American social relation was the best for me. With judgment based on color, everybody seemed family to everyone. The social interactions went way past the race with the interracial dating being considered a norm.
4. What patterns of race relations do you find at Foothill? Are they different from your experiences in high school? Have you encountered race and racism on campus?
Everything seems to be natural at Foothill with the free coexistence of people from all different walks of life and races. Personally, I have not encountered any racism on campus and am impressed with the fact that everybody seems to know everyone.
5. Complete this sentence: The most important thing that our country needs to do now about race is: ________________.
The most important thing that our country needs to do now about the race is that there is no any special race and everybody is human and never dictated to be born in a particular race.
6. Complete this sentence: The most important thing that Foothill College could do about race is: ___________.
The most important thing that Foothill College could do about the race is that it is only through such institutions that racism can be wiped out from the society.
7. What obstacles do you encounter in discussing and addressing race and racism?
My biggest challenge encounter when addressing the issues of racism is the fact that it only revolves around the black and the whites with the black considered to be in the wrong place.
8. Finally, what race do you identify as?
I am Asian.
PART 2 Interview
1. What is your first recollection (earliest memory) of race? Of encountering racism?
His earliest memory of encountering racism was when he and two black friends went to Southdale Centre to look at lights. After a few minutes, they were confronted by a middle-aged woman who told them to be aware that they had cameras and she walked back. It later dawned on them that she was the manager and on inquiring from the counter what she meant, the lady told them that she says that to every black that visits the center following the incidence of three black men keying cars in a parking lot at Macaroni Grill.
2. How would you describe the cultural environment in which you were raised: racially homogenous? Multiracial-multicultural? Something else? How did the racial environment differ between your home/community and school growing up?
He was a sheltered suburban kid born and bred in Minnesota which is considered to be a multiracial-multicultural community. According to him, the incidences of racism are more common within the school environment.
3. What patterns of race relations do you recall from high school? How much healthy social interaction was there across racial lines? What about interracial dating?
He confesses to date an Asian despite being African American. To him it was not a big issue and at no point did she view the lady as Asian. He mentioned that all the races were represented making social interaction worth.
4. What patterns of race relations do you find at Foothill? Are they different from your experiences in high school? Have you encountered race and racism on campus?
Despite the diversity in Foothill, he agrees to have encountered what may be considered as racism. It materialized when a Muslim lady turned him down. The lady insisted that it was not from a racial perspective but religion, but this seemed just an excuse since he believed it was because he was black.
5. Complete this sentence: The most important thing that our country needs to do now about race is: ________________.
The most important thing that our country needs to do now about the race is that it is the constitutional right of any citizen to be in America despite the race provided his stay is legal.
6. Complete this sentence: The most important thing that Foothill College could do about race is: ___________.
The most important thing that Foothill College could do about the race is to champion for a mutual social coexistence between the students in the college.
7. What obstacles do you encounter in discussing and addressing race and racism?
He considers being viewed inferior by other races especially the whites is the main obstacle he encounters in discussing race and racism. He believes his views do not make any sense to the whites considering the prejudgment.
8. Finally, what race do you identify as?
He is African American.
