Jour 4250: February 1 Lecture

When our class split up into groups, I joined together with two other white girls with blonde hair and we talked with two biracial girls and one biracial boy. Our conversation was so open and honest that I felt so comfortable bringing up the different ways that we view our race and other races. I brought up the point that a lot of races are told certain stereotypes about themselves that they begin to think those certain things about themselves. Growing up as a blonde-haired girl that had a curvy body and big lips, I began to see myself as a "sex symbol", in the same way that my culture was telling me to act and look like. It wasn't until I matured and began to discover who I was that I changed my own self-image. I don't see myself as a dumb blonde anymore, but an intelligent woman who has just as much brains as anyone else in the room. I loved talking with my fellow peers about these things and can't wait until we do it again!