Excuse Me, Your Race is Showing

Excuse Me, Your Race is Showing speaks on how Caucasian people look down on, and expect less from African American people. The author Karen Grigsby Bates has a friend who is less offended by being called the “N-word” and more offended by being called articulate. Bates’ friend speaks King’s English very well and finds himself on the receiving end of compliments of white people, but in actuality, they can really be taken as offensive comments. White people’s perception of African Americans are very low, they believe that we are not capable of advanced intellectual skills. African Americans are often looked down upon, prejudged, and aren’t expected to contribute much to anything unless it is serving a white person. Often times, white people can would treat everyday African Americans, or successful African Americans for that matter, as servants. There have been many stories of how an African American man had been mistaken for a valet parker by a white man. There are many other similar stories. Why do Caucasian people continue to undermine and underestimate African Americans when we have accomplished so much, proved so much, and done so much for this country? We have come so far as a people, yet we are still underappreciated and overlooked.