Analysis Of The Article ' Writing Like A White Guy '

Imagine that you are a young child with a parent that just walked out. You are learning to deal with your other parents constant complaints or crying as well as how to become more self reliant to stay out of your parents hair. This scenario shows the point Roman poet Horace was trying to make that most people, except those who don’t begin to try, make a recovery from the adversity they face and learn to make whatever comes their way work well enough they can move on with their life.

Race is socially constructed in a way the representations and significance attached to physical attributes depend on context and binary logic. The emergence of races is driven by motivation of the dominant self to suit their agenda. It initially involves identifying distinctive physiological traits from what are conceived as ‘normal or natural’. These are then interpreted either positively or negatively based on contextual social relations of the dominant self and subordinate other, such as whiteness and blackness respectively. The discourses on whiteness and blackness are an example of how self/other interrelationships are structured in a specific time and place. These also illustrate how racialised ideas, borne from temporal and spatial variations, affect interracial behaviours, such as space use and media. The concepts of self (Whiteness) and other (Blackness/Asians) in race are rooted upon Western ideas of biology, logic and geography, due to racial binary coding being created relative to the perspective of the dominant West. Politics, economy and history play a role in the determination of Western authority to inform racial classes and social practices. Thus, the social construction of race manifests through racism, which is a recent phenomenon that is a consequence of society’s requirement to classify human diversity into hierarchies, in terms of culture and physiology.

In the novel, Black like Me by John Howard Griffin, elevated language and education truly transcend race for both whites and blacks. As blacks become more educated and apply use of elevated language, not only do the whites begin to take them more seriously, as seen on page 92 when Mr. Griffin has an intelligent conversation with a white man, but also they learn to do something about the race issue rather than letting the whites treat them badly. As whites become more educated they begin to open their minds to blacks and take more action to help fix the problem. Although some people will never change their views on race, as education furthers racial equality does as well.

The Scientific Revolution made and advancement in what was called the empirical method. In the Humanistic Tradition Gloria Fiero, the author states “This method of inquiry depends on direct observation and scientific experimentation as the bases from which one arrives at general conclusions”(Fiero pg.114) as she defines was the empirical method. Francis Bacon was an English scientist and politician who advocated this method. Bacon was a believer in new ideas and he argued against traditional and religious belief. Bacon published one of his work called Novum Organum which according to Fiero it “impassioned plea for objectivity and clear thinking and the strongest defense of the empirical method ever written”(Fiero pg.115). Bacon believed that the four “false notions” prevented clear thinking. Dear White People directed by Justin Simien is a film that in comparison to Bacon’s Novum Organum tells a story about African American students attending a college in which they deal with racial discrimination from a white college.

Ben Haggerty, more familiarly known by his stage name Macklemore, frequently addresses today’s issues in his music. With his Billboard hit “Same Love,” he strived to make marriage equality more understandable to the mainstream audiences. In his most recent track, “White Privilege II,” he talks about his involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement and the perspectives of others concerning it. Last summer, shortly after his child’s birth, Haggerty released one of the most personal and heartfelt songs he’s created to which he dedicated to his newborn daughter, Sloan. “Growing Up” is an honest open letter addressing the fear of becoming a new father, experiential advice for his new child, and the demanding pressure of his career.

As a white person, you are allowed to have a sense of community. You are allowed to be part of a community. You are also allowed to be a community leader, a pillar of the community, and an asset to the community, but at no time will you be labeled as being from a “white community.” A white person who goes on a killing spree will never be reported to have “ties to the white community.” Timothy McVeigh, Dylann Roof, Eric Harris, and Jane Toppan; all murderers, all white and not of them referred to as “having ties to the white community.” None of them have ties to the Baptist community, the Catholic community or any community at all. None of these people reflect poorly on white people all over the world and in a local community. None of them cause people on the street to see a white person and think, “OH, hey, there’s a white person, I bet they are planning a mass murder.”

Beverly Daniel Tatum article “Defining Racism” she states that racism is still alive today theres no one way to ever truly escape completely. “When we claim to be free of prejudice, perhaps what we are really saying is that we are not hate mongers. But no one is completely innocent.” (Tatum6)We all say or think we are completely free of being stereotypical but how can we not when its all around us in the media or just the way we grew up and weren't able to change where we went to school or where we lived. “Each of us needs to look at our own behavior. Am I perpetuating and reinforcing the negative messages..,or am I seeking to challenge them?”(Tatum 6) Everyone can have there own definition of racism depending on what you where taught or what

A question has been posed in a puzzled whisper in many of the nation’s living rooms and newsrooms ever since Donald J. Trump’s triumph in this month’s presidential election: What, exactly, is white nationalism?

Why does our past have to be filled with racial harm towards most that are of color? In the past, blacks were known as slaves and treated unfairly because of their skin color and culture. They worked hard for the whites while being beaten, afraid to run away. Although there were multiple ways of harm towards the African American people we fought through it. Nowadays I strongly believe the people of color (the blacks) should learn about their history and read the stories. White people should also read these stories because they are the people that did this harm and its their story too. Everyone other than whites and blacks should read this story just to have a better understanding of our world’s past history.

were important in 1945, such as social injustice , social norms, and counter culture, which were a vital part of making Wright the person he was. The main character, Richard Wright was frequently abused and told what to do by the whites. Richard is trying to understand why everyone isn’t equal. His family isn’t supportive of him, “not acting his color”. Richard’s father isn’t a huge role in his life, only at a young age. Multiple series of violent events made Richard the person he portrayed to be. External forces made Richard try to fit social norms, while also trying to be himself. Since the book was written in the Jim Crow era, a lot of racist moments are discussed. Wright uses many literary and historical devices to show the struggles he went through when it came to racism , social norms, and counterculture. but ultimately he uses characterization, conflict, and figurative language to show the effects of external forces and factors.

A superficial examination of Roget's Thesaurus of the English Language reveals the following facts; the word WHITENESS has 134 synonyms; 44 of which are favorable and pleasing to contemplate, i.e. purity, cleanness, immaculateness, bright, shining, ivory, fair, blonde, stainless, clean, clear, chaste, unblemished, unsullied, innocent, honorable, upright, just, straight-forward, fair, genuine, trustworthy, (a white man-colloquialism). Only ten synonyms for WHITENESS appear to me have negative implications—and these only in the mildest sense: gloss over, whitewash, gray, wan, pale, ashen, etc.

Richard Wright’s autobiography, Black Boy, published in 1945, focuses on his journey as a young black male growing up in the South. Wright, born in 1908, details the struggles he experienced throughout his early life, allowing the reader to gain a wider understanding of this time period. He adopts the social critic mode, powerfully commenting on societal issues, especially concentrating on race, gender, and religion.

In “Two nations … both black” by Henry Louis Gates Jr, Gates talks about how racism and discrimination have changed over time. But more importantly, he talked about what we can do as a nation to change the perspective that society has upon black Americans, in order help end racism. He begins by stating that even though leaders and politicians refuse to acknowledge that African Americans are treated unfairly, there are more opportunities for economic and educational success than ever before. In addition, political events such as the civil rights movement and the Brown v. Board of Education case were key events that shined a light on an important issue. He also acknowledges what black people have done to worsen racism. While many black kids

The philosophies that white men theorized constitute of what was socially constructed through the interactions with black men. White men were greedy for power and wealth, so they used slaves to flourish in the society. This example of a social identity Americans wanted to maintain a superior group identity, because majority of the race felt that slaves were possessions. The few whom are unconcerned will eventually adapt to those ideals because of social integration. As social beings people need to feel that they belong somewhere so they know that they exist in the minds of others. To feel accepted is to be recognized by others so there can be social interactions to avoid loneliness. If only one person existed, the purpose of living is defeated

"Then came Negro riots near a scale of war in the ghettos of at least a dozen major American cities" (pg. 224) The Armies of the Night, which is a dazzling artifact to read, shows the way of life and attitudes at a conflict with the prevailing social norm of the late 1960 's but also an encounter of nonfiction in its own extreme experience. The short chapters each portrays the observations and experiences that were made by the author Mailer. Nature and characters that are talked about scene by scene are developed through dialogue that Mailer overhears or dialogue that he himself participates in. Robert Lowell and Norman Mailer has some connections in their own individual writings over this period. Lowell pictures a nation that is lightheartedly mixed, in its own way to please others in materialistic interests and its disinterest regarding the historical sacrifice and its opposition to the racial equality. On the other hand, Mailer 's ideology thrust on the struggle for racial equality and the way blacks are represented in this era. African Americans in the 1960 's faced many challenges such as racial segregation and discrimination which the civil rights movement composed to end.