Analysis Of Doing Race By Hazel Markus And Paula Moya

In the introduction to “Doing Race”, Hazel Markus and Paula Moya put forth the idea that race is not something that we are born with as an immutable part our individual beings, but rather it is the result of a process that we are all accustomed to without even being aware of it. The authors identify this process as “Doing race.” Doing race says that humans created, and perpetuate, the concept of race with social interactions and institutional policies. Every human is guilty of doing race, even if he is not aware of it.

The authors give various examples of common conversations people have with minorities that all do race. Conversations such as “We’re beyond race.”, in which the effects and struggles of being a minority are outright ignored;