To me, it seems like everyone not coded of-color is coded White -- whether or not *any* given character is coded White.
Thanks - Although that's the conclusion that I was really hoping I didn't have to draw. The blank character slate *isn't*.
*frowns*
It's just what has been drummed into me. I'm *always* going to be the Other, so even if "I" am not there at all...
It's hard for me to wrap my head around, because for me it *hasn't*. Even if I'm watching a show with no white people (RARE)... Even if I'm the only white person in the room (actually fairly common through my university career), I'm not going to feel like the Other unless something extraordinary happens to point that fact out.
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Date: 2007-07-08 06:27 pm (UTC)Thanks - Although that's the conclusion that I was really hoping I didn't have to draw. The blank character slate *isn't*.
*frowns*
It's just what has been drummed into me. I'm *always* going to be the Other, so even if "I" am not there at all...
It's hard for me to wrap my head around, because for me it *hasn't*. Even if I'm watching a show with no white people (RARE)... Even if I'm the only white person in the room (actually fairly common through my university career), I'm not going to feel like the Other unless something extraordinary happens to point that fact out.