The book Revealing the Invisible was written by Sherry Marx, a formal teacher, who explored in depth the racist beliefs of white female teacher training students. The book began with Marx talking about pre-service teachers who focused on English language learner (ELL) schoolchildren. During this course, she discovered how low her students' expectations of ELL students were. Throughout her interviews, she will further explore white women's beliefs and thoughts on race, racism, whiteness, and the children they mentored. Whiteness was the first main topic she addressed. She explains that whiteness is usually expressed through “illuminating the invisible,” but most view it as normal rather than a marker of white culture. Whiteness is something perceived by white people and generally considered “normal.” The standard for one person is obviously different than another and whiteness is almost like an advantage without even knowing it. The woman then described everything that was normal about her childhood, like her neighborhood, her country club, or the teams she was a member of. It's considered so normal because it's underestimated by white people who don't realize this advantage they have. White culture is not an entity, but rather a combination of different individuals who have nothing in common other than skin color. The more Marx interviewed these women, the more she realized that they were experiencing a racial backlash. The more apparent the racial backlash became, the more women spoke about feeling like they were not part of a group. The women explained that they were not gay, blind or deaf and admitted that they envied the strong cultures of other groups. They thought it was something that tied these people together and the support they had. ...... middle of paper ...... deny seeing what they don't actually see. On the contrary, they claim to be colorblind when they attempt to suppress the negative images they attach to people of color…” (1993, p. 167) A quote that stands out and which I believe sums up how she described his philosophy in his book. I think this quote explains how we as teachers have to work on ourselves way more than we actually need to in order to help these students and how it all starts with us. I could use this information to not only focus on the curriculum, but also to focus on my teaching and see what I'm doing. I could focus on getting more feedback from teachers who follow my mentoring or teaching to get constructive criticism. Am I discriminating against these students without even knowing it? Am I rewarding myself more for teaching rather than helping students achieve the goal? As cliché as it may sound, I recently learned that you don't know what you don't know.