Critical Literacy : Iām Not Who You Think I Am by Carol Paik
NURāAQILAH BINTI MOHD ZAMERI ,SEC1805-0798, DEC 4C
The article was written by Carol PaikĀ and published 18 February 2008Ā is an informative text as it inform about how people often mistakes each other for someone else that have same race or appearance. The mistake of confusion the people with other people who have same appearance or races with intention of being racist or just being overeager.
The article talks about how the author tired of being mistaken by someone else because of the races. So, the author often regard those people of being racist.However, there was one time that she was hosting an annual barbecue and she mistake a woman who she thought that the same person who came previous annual barbecue because they have the same races.She believe that the woman might think sheās crazy or drunk but not being racist.Few months after, the author and her daughter went for a show.She left her daughter at the line and when she come back, the author nudged her daughter but she did not respond. After a while, she realizes the girl is not her daughter but they just have same appearance and races. The author conclude that the children look the same by the adult who are taller than them.She, lastly, plea that for all the people to take time and look people carefully.Also, to the people who being hypersensitive to avoid labeling other people.Ā
The article isĀ from the website https://www.newsweek.com/my-turn-im-not-who-you-think-i-am-93583Ā .Newsweek is a premier news magazine and website that has been bringing high-quality journalism to readers around the globe for over 80 years.Ā This news is based in the United States and has a lot of languages translated too.Newsweek provides the latest news, in-depth analysis and ideas about international issues, technology, business, culture and politics. Carol Paik is a writer based in New York. Not only Newsweek, but she also worked with HBO, NPR and more. She also received awards.She mainly writes regarding her experiences as Korean-American and topics regarding immigrant or racism.She also studied at America University in producing film and video.Thus, she has the credibility to writes his topic.
This article is intended for non-specialist people who are people who live in a country with different races and culture. The people who are targeted for this article experiences racism, being racist or being people who easily judge others. For an example of experience racism, āmeaning that they see me, their normal powers of observation switch off so that the only information their brain receive is: Asian.These people see a type nor a person.ā(paragraph 2).Thus, this shows that people can choose to ignore the fact that people are different individuals.
This article is designed to educate the readers about the racism, overreact or labelling people who are Asian.This article claimed that we should not be racist, over react or label other people for mistaking other people because of their race.The example is āĀ And for those who, like me, maybe hypersensitive after years of not being properly seen, keep in mind that while there are people who are racist, many others are merely distracted, overeager, careless, tired, old,ā.Thus, this shows that we should not simply jump into conclusion.
The purpose of this article āIām Not Who You Think I Amā written by Carol Paik is to change the mindset of the readers regarding the issue of racism towards Asian. This is because Asian have the same feature with one another. However, that does not mean most of them to look the same.In fact, most have different look with each other.People should not be racist with other people who are different from them and causes a fight.Because of that, we will be seen as uneducated by other people when they insult other people races.People need to understand how bad the situation of racism is.Lastly, the writer also did put his experience with the misunderstood incident by other people and also her, being racist due to being overly sensitive.
This article āIām Not Who You Think I Amā written by Carol Paik is an informative essay as it shares the author experiences of racism.I am agreeing with the author regarding the issue. Yes, most of the Asian-American does have the same features but they all look different.People do not look carefully and just misunderstood who she is.However, the author also shared that she actually did the same thing when a woman came for her annual barbecue. She also did misunderstand the woman to be someone else.Not only that, she even did misunderstand someoneās child to be her child because they look the same which are braids and Asian.She even she is racist because the mother of the girl is Caucasian. The example is āĀ further complicate the matter, at least in my roiling brain, the mother was Caucasianāā.(Paragraph 11).
The people who are mentioned in the article are the Korean-American woman, the Asian children, her Caucasian mother and the public.The first person is a Korean-American woman. He authors accidentally mistake her for Korean-American women who came to the last annual barbecue. She talked to the previous Korean-American woman and she has a child. That is why when she mistakes another woman by asking about the child. The example is "Hello! So you're taking a little holiday from the baby today?".The second person is the Asian girl.The author mistake the girl to be her daughter. At first, she nudged but when she gets no response by the girl, she realizes that a girl is a different person. The example is "Oh, I'm sorry! You all look the same from the top!"Ā (Paragraph 9). The third person is the mother of the child. The author has a racist thought about the woman who is Caucasian, different from the daughter. The example is āTo further complicate the matter, at least in my roiling brain, the mother was Caucasian.Ā ā (Paragraph 10).The last people are public. The author has mistaken by someone else who is Asian by the public in a lot of time.The example is āBeing confused by every other Asian woman used to be maddening until I feel into the same trapā(Paragraph 1)
