Media Topic Week 3

Here is a clip comedian Louis CK discussing what it means to be white in America. His experience is fairly consistent with the idea that race is a doing. He clarifies that whites are not better, but being white is. He discusses how being white affords him a historically superior place in society. His example at the end demonstrates the roles of perceiver and target in race-related behavior. While the perceiver considers "cracker" a derogatory term, the target is unaffected by it because his racial-related tradition is positive and strongly held. Enjoy!