In our ASTU class we have been reading chapter one of Judith Butler’s “Survivability, Vulnerability, Affect” Frames of War: When is life Grievable? A part that really stuck with me was on page 36 where Butler says “What are the implicit frames of recognizability in play when I ‘recognize’ someone like ‘me’.” I never really thought about how I viewed the world or how I acquired my way of thinking, but I realized that my life experiences haven’t been as multi-cultural as I thought. For example I grew up in a neighbourhood and everyone was basically the same; middle class, white…etc. even though at my school there was a mixture of cultures and races, I noticed that most of my friends are white and have a similar background as me. On top of that I noticed that a lot of people of the same culture tend to group together and even though I have interacted with multiple people of different ethnicities I don’t really have many close friends who are that different to me. I think that Butler illustrates that it is important to really think about how we view society. I also liked the quote “We mourn for some lives but respond with coldness to the loss of others.” This quote relates to todays society in a way that we think of people as better than others or more important. This is especially relevant with President Trump and the immigrant issues America is currently facing. We are currently dealing with an issue of racism towards the Middle East and Muslim people. I realize that not everyone in America is like this, however, if enough people were willing to vote for Trump then there is definitely a significant portion of the population with these racist views, and it’s not okay. I think Butler does a fantastic job at highlighting some important issues and asking questions which really make you think about how we view society.