Above is a picture of my fraternity and I. I chose to use my organization as an example for this post because this is one of the most diverse groups I personally know.
Growing up, I wasn’t really used to being around diversity. I was born in Mexico and moved to the United States when I was seven. Moving around in the U.S. was very different for me in many ways, especially when it came to being around individuals of different races. Once my family decided to settle in Salinas, California, it was very interesting but cool to see how many different types of people I was making friends with. It wasn’t until I moved to Hayward, however, where I realized that Salinas is not as diverse as I thought. I came to East Bay and even learned about new ethnicities that I wasn’t too familiar with. Back in Salinas, my friends consisted mainly of Hispanic, White, and Asian people. As you can see in the picture above, more friends of many different races became a part of my life.
Post-race is the idea of not seeing color when it comes to individuals. As described in the reading a post racial view is where “race was not important to forming relationships or shaping life chances and that race would lose its currency if we would just choose to not pay it any attention”(167 Drew) . When we view how someone is, we shouldn’t do so because of their race/ethnicity. One of the things that attracted me to my fraternity was how diverse it was. When I joined, it was clear to see that my organization is a great example of post-race. As a fraternity, we don’t discriminate individuals because of their race. Instead, we look past “color” and get to know who they really are.
-Hernan Edd Gutierrez