Through first-person point of view, Shelby Raebeck’s “Trapped” demonstrates how one's racial background can affect one's view of the authorities. The short story is told through the eyes of Ricky, a white male, as he and his friend, Lance, get pulled over by the police. Ricky claims that they were pulled over simply because the officers were bored, but Lance argues against this, insinuating it was due to racial profiling, “‘...don’t come over my house and tell me the dude is pulling me over telling me to mind my manners because he’s bored” (Raebeck 108). Ricky doesn’t understand how it could…