Nell Irvin Painter Video Summary

I had not been aware of Nell Irvin Painter before this video. As the video began I thought it was going to be a white talking about the history of history of white people. I was surprised to see an African-American women talking to what I saw, a mostly white crowd, about the history of white people. I was taken back for a moment because I was confused on how an African-American women could talk about and relate to the history of white people but then as the video progressed I began to realize she was referring to more than being white or the concept of whiteness, Because she was addressing the characterizations of the lighter-skinned people we call white today.