Connor O'Brien 1

As you can probably tell I'm mostly Irish.  75 percent Irish and 25 percent German.  Both of my grandparents on my father's side are Irish and my Grandmother on my Mother's side is also Irish.  My Grandfather on my Mom's side is German.  I consider myself Irish-German.  I don't really recall my first encounter with race.  However 9/11 was a big eye opener for me when dealing with race.  To see that event take place really brought me to the attention of race and ethnicity.  I was taught to respect everybody no matter what they look like but my teachers and parents mentioned little about race and ethnicity when I was growing up.  They taught me to treat people how you would want to be treated.  I don't disagree with anything that I was told when I was  younger.  My views have not changed much on the topic of race and ethnicity.  I can't recall if I have every witnessed any racism before.  You would think I would be able to remember it if I had witnessed it so I don't believe or at least not in a big way.  I've might of witnessed racism but didn't know at that time.