Magdalena’s Comments (group member since Jan 12, 2014)

Magdalena’s comments from the LMU First To Go Community group.

When Cedric arrived at Brown I believe that he had a stereotypical view of “white people”. In the text, he describes a white world, a world with “two-car garages and dads home for dinner- and unintentional verities”(183). Cedric is not comfortable because he can’t relate to most of his classmates. Cedric came from a single parent household, struggling to pay the rent. When it came to his studies he had to work hard. Cedric does not know every student individually but the majority of his class is white and non-Hispanic. Students that come from a white world, whose parents probably attended college and had the resources to receive amazing test scores. When the students were discussing their SAT scores, Cedric received the lowest score. Cedric already feels like an outcast compare to his classmates. Yet, as Cedric starts to talk with different people he discovers that he is not so different. Cedric meets Zayd and realizes that they have similar qualities. Unlike Cedric’s roommate, Zayd is neat and listens to the same music as Cedric. Cedric was surprised, because Zayd is white and did not realize the similarities. Cedric hardly socialized with “white people” before coming to Brown. He only knows the stereotypical version of white people. Cedric does have his own beliefs about white people but as he socializes with his classmates his views will start to change or stay the same.