Okay, I guess I should explain. I’m a white male. I just read this book about Haitian people. I know that all the characters in the book were black but I couldn’t help to see them as anything but white people in my read when I read it.

Does this happen to anyone else?

OR If you are of a minority race reading a book with white characters, do you see typically see the people the same as you or as white people?

By the way, the book was called The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat. I recommended it to anyone of any race.