Sociological Imagination In The Race Talk

“Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it’s because no matter what, I am a survivor. Not a victim” (Patricia Buckley). In the article “The Color of Success”, the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, and the Montgomery bus boycott all have something in common; they all have someone who refused to play the part of a victim. In “The Color of Success” written by Eric Watts talks about how he was not taken seriously as an African American man because he acted too white.

They longed for equality, for this war to come to an end. However, his parents were not like that, they didn’t like not one person of color, no matter how respectful that person may be. All to say, discrimination has no age; it is timeless. They failed to realize that no matter what they may see, black skin, squinty eyes or even white skin, all humans are equal. Yet because of my skin color, I am not.

My Values of Equality Milton Friedman, an American economist, in his article “Created Equal”, points out his concept about “Created Equal”. Friedman discusses the different ways that humans are considered to be equal, and then he declares three specific categories for human equality: equality before God, equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. Friedman argues that the first equality is the Founders’ use, the second equality is compatible with liberty, and the third equality is socialism. Equality is such a beautiful word that everyone should appreciate, and Friedman claims his points about its concept from his own comprehension. I really respect Friedman’s points about equality; however, there is something critical about equality which

Based upon the natural way that people are born, he declares that: “When the god was forming you, he mixed gold into those of you who are capable of ruling, which is why they are the most honorable; silver into the auxiliaries; and iron and bronze into the farmers and other craftsmen” (Plato & Reeve 100). What he is saying, is that he believes that people when they are born should already have their life laid out in front of them, with their role in a hierarchical society varying between upper(gold), middle(silver), and lower(iron and bronze) roles, these are not necessarily considered classes. However, in his mind the upper class should be “guardians”, the middle class being “auxiliaries”, and the lower class being “producers”. The way that people are chosen into their roles of society is based upon a selection process that is based upon their natural aptitudes with what they are born with, not with what social-class they are born into. As people grow older and put themselves out into the world, they will realize what role(or medal) they are going to be.

The letter in the briefcase represents the idea of the narrator conforming to the white society and inducing that he should continue “running away”. But, the narrator cannot yet see this and cannot understand his grandfather's message through the dream because he still refuses to “spit up the blood” and speak for himself as an individual. The opening scene of Invisible Man encompasses the important themes prevailed throughout the novel. We discover misfortune events in the first chapter that the narrator encounters which makes him affirmative of his invisibility. His identity is completely unknown to us due to his role in this white society.

Reflection Précis 1, Race and Ethnicity Part I: During the last lecture sessions, Dr. Jendian talked about appreciating diversity, race, ethnicity, and racism. In his lecture, we learned that many people believe that race is something biological. However, the true reality is that race is a social construct and not a biological one. For example, in the documentary Race: The Power of An Illusion, we were able to understand that there are more variations among people in the same “race” than with people from another “race.” However, physical differences, for example, the most obvious skin color, has created prejudices against minority groups. These prejudices that “white” people carry leads to discrimination against people of color.

The first thing that one will notice about someone else other than their gender is their race, so racial identification became a way for us to determine how other people are different from us as well as how we will encounter with other people. Racial identity becomes a social norm where our physical features and emotional behaviours are already prescribed to us giving us the “preconceived notion of what each specific racial group looks like”. Race becomes a way for us to understand ourselves and others and how we all should think and act as it is seen as the “norm”. (Omi and Winant, 1994:172) . When we cannot

Attending a private school from kindergarten through high school, the curriculum came almost exclusively from standard textbooks, which in turn reflect members of the white race and their contributions to the world. Along the same lines, if we talk about our national heritage or civilization, the focus is on the contributions whites, which have America what it is today. Lastly, if we look at national currency, monuments, or portraits of Jesus Christ, members of the white race make up the primary

As far as Fenwick’s concerned, Foster is blamed for his failure in career because Foster, somehow, has always surpassed him in every work. Even Foster’s character: “He could not bear to be disliked; he hated that anyone should think ill of him; he wanted everyone to be his friend” (241) utterly contradicts to that of Fenwick: “He did not want friends; he certainly did not care that people should like him” (241). And why did he ask Foster for a walk and show him his tarn on the hill? Wasn’t he having “some further design in this” (243)? There is no evidence that the murder of Foster has been arranged in advance, but perhaps the severe hatred and envy have developed so deeply within Fenwick’s mind that in a moment he decided to push his friend into the cold water of the tarn which is, in his perception, his real partner.

And Cholly grew up knowing both of those terms to well. These things led up to Cholly´s realization, which was that he had no rules. He could do whatever he wanted. If he himself was completely unwanted, if no one found his love interesting or could not accept him, there was no reason for caring. Why conform to all of these rules, why live a life of oppression, kneeling down to please the white man, his boss or his wife?