This is the one day out of the year where these guys actually present themselves according to their ethnic identity. St. Patrick's day is a great example of symbolic ethnicity. This is a special occasion when the Irish can be proud, but for the other 364 days out of the year their ethnic identity is irrelevant.
This 'Japanese Lifestyle' store inside of the shopping mall could be interpreted at our society's attempt at multiculturalism.
Both of these signs on the fence of a local elementary school are examples of discrimination against different groups, skaters and smokers.
This group of kids in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood are part of a social group that is probably considered the minority in our society. This does not mean that they are fewer in numbers, but that they have unequal access to power and resources that the dominant groups does.
Does this person have equal access to power in our society as everybody else? Probably not. This is because he carries unearned advantages in his Invisible Knapsack, such as being a heterosexual white male.
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