When people turn to look at you when something related to you is mentioned

I wasn’t sure how to phrase this, but I’ll try to explain it. An example of this is when the class starts talking about slavery, and people turn to look at the black person in the class. A personal example is that I was watching a movie with people and one character had a stutter, I also have a stutter, so everyone turned to look at me when that character came on. I can’t think of any other examples right now, but I’m sure you get the gist.