Body Modifications: The Lizard Man

We can’t judge people based on the way they look. I believe we need to stop evaluating people based on the color of their skin or the way they dress without knowing them personally. We need to stop judging people wrongfully based on where they originate from. In my example, I was born Hispanic. Being seen differently from others is something I have no control over. This needs to change because people do not have a say over where they were born. Birth is a gift in any country, but I’m being judged unfairly and treated differently because of where I was

Some humans can’t accept difference. Most humans are locked up in a world where everyone has to be just like them. The novel Downsiders by Neal Shusterman is an example of this. The novel has the theme that when people separate into groups and cultures, they have a hard time understanding the opposite and tend to judge. But those who accept, benefit greatly.

What makes you different then someone else? Do you really believe that someone is different than you by the way they look? do we believe this to be true? Who’s to say we aren’t all the same? While undefined I think it is crazy how they are treated.

Do you wonder what it is like for people who are different? How their life is affected by others opinions and thoughts? “Society looks down upon freakish and extraordinary individuals alike and views them with suspicion… they especially fear loners, those mysterious creatures who pursue their own values…?” (par.4). This quote from, “The Sociology of Leopard Man,” can be true to some people because society does do this to people who are different. Many people can agree with this statement about society looking down on individuals with different thoughts. These individuals change their appearance to get attention and no matter what they do society will not like these individuals beliefs. These are reasons why society looks at them in a bad way.

This same concept is seen throughout human society, as historically we have viewed people who look different than us as monsters. For example, during the African-American Civil Rights movement, African-American people were discriminated against because their skin color was different. In the 1870s, the Jim Crow Laws were

We fix our appearance, our homes, our cities, and about everything else. However, we as humans also have the contradictory idea that we should accept everyone for who they are. In our society, we even praise and romanticize the idea of standing out from the crowd. We

Regarding the man taking orders and flipping burgers, his name is Tim. Tim was a hardworking student, but he had average grades so he was not given any scholarships. Tim was from a poor family, so his parents could not afford to send him to college. Had Tim been able to go to public college for free he would have had a better chance at a good job and a productive life. Cases like Tim’s are becoming more and more recurring amongst America’s youth. With a degree Tim would have a better chance to get a good job to provide for him and one day maybe even a family. According to college

There is quite the difference between appreciating someone for being different and appropriating them. Appropriation makes achieving diversity difficult because those that appropriate do not accept their own culture, but essentially steal someone else’s and try to claim it. Too many cases of this are seen in the media, with the whitewashing of characters, or people trying to look like another race other than their own. Actions like these make those who want to be proud of who they are and where they come from, shy away from that instead. They see the appropriators being accepted for pretending to be like them (the individuals being appropriated) and not feeling adequate enough to be

When we first getting to know a person, most of us stereotype and with just only looking at their appearance, we often already make a short conclusion on their characteristic and background. Society should consider other people's feeling in the way society wants others to be considered. The general rule applies; if people want to be respected, then they should respect

In many day-to-day experiences people tend to view or prejudge people based on only how they are dressed or wear their hair. As a personal example, a friend knew someone covered with tattoos and piercings, he tended not to associate with him until he gained the curiosity to sit down and have a conversation. Afterwards, he learned that behind all of the tattoos and piercings he had an interesting

According to Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture, “In a society that equates the body with both self and moral worth, cultural meanings are attached to physical differences, so that the body provides a foundation for oppression based on gender, class, ethnicity, and age—all social characteristics that are deeply embodied.” (Gimlin 141) In the end,

Some, a person’s physical appearance. Some though, affect more than just the individual. During freshman year, I got sick and tired of the stigma being built up in the very halls of my school. I had never talked back to a teacher or a faculty member in my life, and I still have yet to do so. But when an informed, caring individual like myself is not given the facts, there is bound to be a push-back. I was infuriated at what I believed to be the oppression of rights at my school, during my time off, during my lunch. I am talking about being asked if I was dealing, or selling, or doing drugs every time I hung out with my friends in the parking lot. I have never in my life touched recreational drugs, so this came as a complete outrage. I felt that the reasoning behind the decision did not justify the prejudice I was enduring as a teenager. That was my biggest issue with these events, I felt that the school was building a demagoguery, playing to our emotional side, instead of explaining the issue rationally. I was outraged that I was being treated like a criminal, so I would moan, and complain, and become irate every day at this oppression. It angered me so much that I considered scheduling a meeting with our principal to discuss the change of treatment for students. Before I could send a hostile, and angrily worded letter, I gave myself some time to breathe. As angry as I was(and still am) at the blanket of guilt being cast over every teen, I realized that it really did not matter that much. I reminded, and still remind myself every day that it is not worth throwing a fit over yet. Some things just have to be let go, because they are more trouble than they are

According to Deborah Rhode in her essay “Why Looks Are the Last Bastion of Discrimination”looks and discrimination are based on physical appearance. This includes height, weight, body shape, disfigurement,skin conditions, scars, and even birthmarks. Rhode’s ideas do apply to discrimination, because nearly thirty percent of women reported experiencing discrimination in 2013.

Not all humans are the same. Some characteristics of factors about them may make them different from those around them. For example, a person with red hair in a group full of people with black hair would stand out. A person that wears red in a sea of people wearing black would stand out. Over time, people begin to recognize and appreciate these differences. However, some people in real life and in literature have been excluded due to their differences. In S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, the main character Ponyboy and his friends are harassed as a result of their low social status. Although not all people are willing to respect the characteristics that make others stand out, most people can acknowledge the differences of others. One example where I stood out is at my old elementary

Even with the concept race not being genetic, discrimination has prevalent in society and in the society Una Marson lived in where she writes “ I like me black face And me kinky hair. I like me black face. And me kinky hair. But nobody loves dem I jes tink it’s fair.” Marson describes an instance where she loves who she is, from her dark skin to her kinky hair but no one else does. Her constant instance that she loves her features, in some ways makes the reader believe that she only recently come to accept herself for who she was. A problem many people face growing up, but the feeling of not living up to a fair skinned and haired standard is common among many ethnic communities. With women who have darker being told they were ugly and being rejected the opposite sex who wanted light skinned or white women so there children come out pretty (Newmany). Although she know feels confident in with herself and her identity, she knows that due to other racist beliefs they won’t like her because her skin is dark and her is kinky. It’s not fair and in 2016, it’s still not