Objective

The book is composed of two articles: I’ve had enough of white people who try to deny my experience by Afua Hirsch and A letter to Asian girls by Caroline Wang. Using two articles as the medium, the book aims to portray the idea of how people live in the same world while the perceptions of some are far from the truth.

Research

Both Hirsch and Wang narrate their experience of living in a “white country” as people of color.

Hirsch provides a professional viewpoint and simultaneously narrates her personal experience dealing with white people. She also quotes snippets from her interaction with white people. Wang provides an extremely personalized viewpoint by narrating her experience of living in Australia as an Asian girl where Asian girls are sexually objectified yet perceived to be not “pretty.”

Every individual lives in the same world and physically sees the same things, but some claim to not see—as in perceive—color of skin. Such line of thinking contains a logical fallacy, reflecting the ignorance of an—inadvertently—privileged group of people. However, most that are “color-blind” simply do not have sufficient experience interacting with or exposure to people of color.

It is simply impossible for the uninformed to try to explain, understand or relay the experience of people of color when the former is unable fathom the atrocities that the latter has to endure daily. Accordingly, “color-blindness” can be “cured” when the layer of prejudice and indifference is lifted.

I wanted to emphasize how personal Wang’s article is and wanted it to have a sense of preciousness. I wanted the readers to be able to take away what Wang wishes to remind young Asian girls so that they would not make the same mistake that she made.

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