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'Jasmine Cardenas October 17, 2012 English 1000C prof Bell Skin Deep 1. Since a newfangled boy Dane was non taught slightly any separate races than that of his let. Dane’s family raised(a) him to bank he was choice oer some otherwise races. His grandpa and great grandfather some(prenominal) fought in the Confederacy and were both very racist Caucasian men. Dane states immediately to the other teens in the group, â€Å"no expressive style I can step support and change that,” meaning his grandparents that were involved in the Confederacy.Because Dane was raised in a in the main racist family and dominantly white neighborhood he was b fractioust up to think he was go than those children and teens of other races. He was raised to believe that everyone in mankind has struggles in their hold way exclusively does realize that minorities strike a harder time with these every mean solar day struggles. Dane states in one of his conversations with other college students that, â€Å" career is rough” and that should be able to handle their office staff on their own.This is a connection I made between Dane’s former(a) life experiences and his struggles to make sense of his own racial identity. I feel as though Dane’s early life at home impacted his views of interactions with other students at the workshop. 2. tam-o-shanter was raised in an all white neighborhood but at the same time cognize the struggles and racism toward minorities. I feel as though Tammy is in the Pseudo-Independent microscope confront of Beverly Daniel Tatum’s â€Å"Racial Identity ripening” model.I think Tammy’s in this developmental stage because she was very mindful of the conflicts that minorities faced in that time flow; she was also very concerned and treasured to learn more about the feelings of those from other cultures. She doesn’t believe that Whites are â€Å"superior” to any other race and she v alued to make a change in herself and in her neighborhood. Tammy wants to connect with those of other races but others don’t induce to it well because she is white and many young minds believed that all Caucasians were racist.It was very difficult for Tammy to get her point across in group discussions because she felt so strongly about the subject. Tammy stated, â€Å"my family taught me an honest day’s work, and honest day’s pay…but I’ve bang to realize that for some culture’s in our society that’s not true they have to work double as hard and are creation taught they can’t do something. ” This plagiarize really set it apart for me in figuring out which developmental stage Tammy belonged in.\r\n'