When Dyer begins his writing, he first explains the role of race throughout societies. His statements are quite to the point when getting his first argument across, insinuating that race is always a role that is in play with how different societies govern. These initial statements make up the foundation for his claims pertaining to the “invisibility” of whiteness. He continues to mention that when one studies race theory, majority of the people remain uninterested in white imagery. People more often than take an interest in non-white imagery. In turn, there seems to be a separation between white imagery and the term “race”, it is almost as though race does not included white heritages. White people are simply that, just people in normal social …show more content…
Dyer gives the example of how white people speak of their friends whom are of a different race than themselves. White people go out of their way to mention the race of someone they know, for example they have “Asian” friends, “Black” friends, “Indian” friends, and so forth, however, white people never mention or refer to their white friends as “white” friends. They’re just people of whom do not need to be racial categorized. White culture frequently makes reference to other races without once mentioning or proclaim whiteness. This is an interesting example and it can be assumed that most, if not all white people, can be accused of this form of speaking throughout their own …show more content…
White people try to prove this by mentioning the race of their friends and general acquaintances. However, white people become offended when people of other racial backgrounds point out their whiteness. Dyer goes on to point out the “multiculturalism”. By using the term multiculturalism, one is able to analyze cultures, or race other than their own. Hazel Garby, seems to explain that in order to make whiteness visible, whiteness must also be considered when referring to blackness, or that of any other racial definition in relation to whiteness. She also writes that race is a social construct that applies to all races, and the race that holds the power, such as the white people, is merely the result of an imaginative ideal created by the people within the position of