BEING WHITE
“Being white” is a field research project in which we try to explore the relationship between people of colour and white people. The role of white people as a norm and their privileges in the society is questioned, and the impact of racism is being discussed.
MOTIVATION
In this project, we try to understand how the concept of "race" is created by the difference between two people of different skin colours. And how this concept creates privileges and discrimination. We also try to question our privileges as white people and in which extent we are complicit in creating, reproducing, and benefit from racism.
METHOD
We have interviewed both white people and people of colour. We have chosen to conduct interviews with people that we already know, that are close to us. During the concentrated field work, we checked in with our group and continued to discuss upcoming issues and adjust the interview questions accordingly. Furthermore we consulted secondary literature to create our final project.
FINDINGS
Considering our research question „How does my race influence how I experience race?” we found out that race is not only influenced by mainly race, but also other categories like gender, place of residence, age etc.