When race is misperceived

One reason a person's racial (cultural) identity is important to consider is because people of color can bring that baggage to the group and view things within that lens of past oppression, even when it isn't always the the cause of their exclusion. The example was Sasha today talking about how she often feels silenced because of her race and felt silenced in the group. I think her silencing (discomfort) was more an issue of gender than race.