Why is the writer concerned with the hierarchies and politics associated with her whiteness?
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which claas question it is?
downpour. The guards or building staff leavethe locals to themselves.The guard offers the writer hisumbrella.Walking into an exclusive university.Locals are required to sign tosecurity bookThe guard smiled and tipped his hatto the writer. The guard didntrequire her to sign into the securitybook.In a live and crowded theater.Locals have to be checked by theguards.The writer crossed a restricted areabut four gurads said nothing.In the favourite karinderya of thewriter.Other Filipnos act natural. They
weren’t surprised if they eat in
karinderya.Some locals were amused andannoys the guards and drivers whowere never granted scholarships tostudy in the birth country of thewriter.In a cab at late night.
Some local cab drivers don’t ectra
charge Filipinos.
Driver Sheepishly say “extra chargemaam” since its the 23
rd
hour of his24-hour shift.2.
How does the writer feel about her special treatment? Cite at least three instances from the text whichillustrate her attitude towards this treatment. A.
In the instance when she was thankful about her skin color because most filipino locals respect her and have highexpectations. She said that she can count on her skin color not to work against the appearance of financial reliabilityB.
Whenever she choose public accomodation, she has no fear that she wont get in or will be mistreated becauseshe is white and shes foreigner , not local.C.
In the t
ext, the writer doesnt only have a thankful attitude besides the “worship of whiteness” but rather she felt a
surge of shame. As said in the text that her whiteness represented her wealth and station in life. Being a mestiza,that kind of local mentality sinked to the writers mind that urge shamelfulness to the writer.