White-Class Reflection

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I had my fair share of advantages and disadvantages in attending a school with a predominant, White-class society. Although I felt victimized and belittled by my peers and teachers, I believe that the pressure of not conforming to the stereotypes that were held against my Pakistani identity, helped me perform better in school. I learned how a dominant white-ruling class dominates society through racialization, and how the use of a passive aggressive statements allows a group to maintain hierarchy. I become aware of the insensitivity and dismay other races, different from the predominant race were held at, by both students and faculty. The school has a strong achievement gap, which underestimated the efforts of children in school based on their …show more content…

Although both the Interact and the California State Federation club were affiliated with my school, both of my supervisors were not orthodox in their thinking. Their tolerance and respect towards people from a different race, compelled me to believe that changing one’s mindset about racial intolerance is possible. I soon began to believe that change is possible after observing the tolerance and respect both my supervisors showed towards me. It made me realize that deviating from my community’s mindset on racial intolerance, is a social issue that cannot be placed on any one individual but rather, on a mass of people. Change is only created by a multitude of people willing to deviate from the norms of society to fuel the movement (Gutierrez November 3, 2015). I believe to create change I must be educated, to help raise awareness about issues of racial intolerance in my community. To further my motives in deviating from my community’s discriminatory and prejudicial ideology, I applied to public colleges which would allow me to mentally …show more content…

I applied to UC Davis because of its prestige and ranking in the world. It not only is a top-ranked university in the world but it also, known for its research and development. I wanted to attend a university that specializes in research because I wanted to become apart of one of the multitude of campus research projects that are taking place on campus. My hard work in high school allowed me to attend the top research university, University of California Davis where I was accepted as a Political Science major. It was only until my sophomore year of college that I soon realized, that to create a change in this world I need to understand the minds and bodies of all beings thus, I changed my major to Microbiology. Along with a major in Microbiology, I plan to minor in Religious Studies, as to understand the effects of religion onto mankind. With this major and minor in mind, I plan to pursue a career that will allow me to create more racial tolerance in America and fuel a change in social

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