As you can see, I have mostly used the pencil and pen in drawing this self-portrait picture, so the picture is simply in a black and white background. However, my purpose of just using black and white is to let people not easily recognize my race since my skin color is hidden in the picture. To be more specific, the stereotype and discrimination towards race from others are happening pretty frequently in people everyday life, and some of them could really be disrespectful and hurtful. For example, I always confront a situation in which people ask me if I am taller than all of friends, and that is totally a stereotype. In details, a lot of people think that most of the Asian people are short, so when they see some tall guys, they will think you are a special one. However, that is pretty offensive because every country and every race incorporates some tall people and short people. Thus, just by looking at my skin color, they will think this guy is special, but when they see some tall guys in other skin colors, they would think that is normal.
Accordingly, in this self-portrait art project, I have decided to draw the picture in black and white, in order to let people not be able to tell what race I am, and thus won’t cause offensive stereotypes and implicit bias.
You're a good artist and portrait looks just like you. However, the concept did not really relate to the course theme. You may want to consider adding symbols to tease out ideas of stereotypes or other messages in line with the course and your concept.
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