Then she reacted “was that dinner?” And I immediately had to be aggravated. I never just think about how people see me, but I knew she did it deliberately. When I raised my hand in class to answer difficult questions, she would ignore my hand, even if no one else raised their hand. When I asked her for what reason, she replied: "She thought it was excessively embarrassing for me, which prevented me from responding." I knew she treated me differently based on my race and societal position, but no one else believed me. I told different instructors about it, but they thought I was exaggerating. Until one of my companions from Portugal had a slight accent when communicating in English, but his English was fluent. She let him know she didn't communicate in "Spanish" when he tried to message her.