I Grow Up In A Brave New World

Reading the content in this book made me get a picture of what it was like to be a colored person in this time. My eyes were opened to the meaning of the word “nigga”. Nigga is such a derogatory term, yet now-a-days it is used by people so much. Kids in this generation use it as a term of endearment when they see their friends, or they say it when they are shocked by something. Frankly, I don’t believe they know how serious it really is. The fact that white people could look at a person and see less than a human being when they did nothing wrong distresses me. They (white people) treated them as if they were property and below them. Even though we don’t have racism to this extent

Throughout history, many people have been oppressed because of their race, religion and gender, resulting in the loss of their rights and freedom. Despite the fact that freedom is an inherent rights of any human being, many examples have proven that these rights often require rebellious acts to obtain said rights. Although human rights have evolved over the years, humans still fail to learn from their mistakes, resulting in history repeating itself. Through storytelling and novels, people show depictions of history to honour those who have died and to educate younger generations to prevent unfortunate events from occurring again. In this same vein, Lawrence Hill and Alice Walker display oppression through abuse, structural inequality and gender stereotypes. Although the novels, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill and The Colour Purple by Alice Walker were written in different time periods and revolved around different cultural influences, each demonstrates the theme of oppression throughout various events.

In this world where people can acquire anything they need or want, we have to wonder, “Is the government controlling us?” Both the governments in A Brave New World and in the United States of America offer birth control pills and have abortion clinics that are available for everyone, thus making birth control pills and abortion operations very easy to acquire. Although both governments offer birth control pills and abortion clinics, A Brave New World’s government requires everyone to take the pills and immediately get an abortion when pregnant. This in turn shows us that A Brave New World’s government is controlling the population and the development of children. China is one of the few countries that currently have control of the

King presents a realistic example when he talks about hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize and kill your black brother and sister, and your speech stammering as you explain to your six year daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park.(732) King writes this to present a realistic example of segregation and the pain that people of color were going through. Also, Nafisi writes, “ Female students were being penalized for running up the stairs when they were late for classes, for laughing in the hallways, for talking to members of opposite sex.”(495). These examples present the reader with evidence and unconsciously get the reader to think about how he or she would feel if that should happen to them. Also these examples evoke sympathy for the oppressed because of the picture created in the reader’s mind as he or she

Throughout history, many have been oppressed because of their race, religion and gender, resulting in the loss of their rights and freedom. Despite the fact that freedom is an inherent right of any human being, many examples have proven rebellious acts are required to obtain said rights. Although human rights have evolved over the years, humans still fail to learn from their mistakes, resulting in history repeating itself. Through storytelling and novels, people show depictions of history to honour those who have died and to educate younger generations to prevent unfortunate events from occurring again. In this same vein, Lawrence Hill and Alice Walker display oppression through abuse, structural inequality and gender stereotypes. Although the novels, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill and The Colour Purple by Alice Walker were written in different time periods and revolved around different cultural influences, each demonstrates the theme of oppression throughout various events.

As a white person, I will never understand certain circumstances in life that a black person would. I have never had to deal with thoughts such as Is the people in this store watching me because I am Black and might steal something? Or Does my teacher think I read slower because I am black? There is no way for me to relate to circumstances of that matter. You can feel the anger of the author in his writing, Black English is considered wrong. His emotion is noticeable and realizing the reality of what he is speaking is more moving than his actual words. A society and its culture effects how language is used and understood. It allows one to relate or separate from one

Race to me is one issue that is staring in our face, we see it but behave as if it’s not there. I moved to America a few years ago and experienced the culture shock of the issue of race that is affecting us as people. When I first got here I was so unaware of a fact that my race was referred to as minorities. I knew not much about my history and lived amongst Jamaicans ninety percent of my life. I never stopped to think that my ancestors are originally from Africa and was placed in the Caribbean to work and build the white race. I never stopped think of the fact that I am here because my ancestor survived that ride on that transport ship from Africa to the Caribbean hundreds of years ago. I never stopped to think that I am here because my ancestors survived starvation, branding, whipping, rape, etc. My ancestor didn’t hurt anyone, my ancestors were going about their everyday way of life when the European walked in their lives and complicated it because they needed to acquire wealth that didn’t belong to them. The Europeans separated our families as if they were not living beings, overworked us as if we had no feelings, Hurt us physically to prove to our kind that they were dominant and we should stay humble. My heart hurt when I view the pictures at the back of Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” text of young youths hands and or feet chopped off

I found myself recognizing the conditioned ideologies that white media has continuously and successfully disseminated. I believed the illusions of success by accepting the exceptional exceptions in the black community that we are constantly reminded of. Developing the if she can do it so can I and the stop making excuses mindset, failing to recognize that the realities of the common black folk in America were less than par. They fed me their images and I ate them up without thought. After a certain age, I realized that white media had an agenda but it never dawned on me on how this centuries long campaign had really taken root and sprouted. Convincing our people to believe they were inferior and accepting inadequacy as fate was one of the greatest campaigns presented to the American people. Using black inferiority to justify slavery and to keep us at arm’s length even after the physical chains were broken. This movement is one worth noting being that 400 years later it is

This is why white workers follow black customers through stores, and why white women clutch their purses when a black man walks by, why the eyes of white children widen in fear when they come across a complexion darker than their own. This fear is taught, ironically, by what is not taught. Schools do not mention the kindness, perseverance, or intelligence of black people throughout history, so white children grow up believing that these traits are exclusive to them. Since school does not teach the positives of black history, white children must turn to other sources. Unfortunately, television, movies and music all portray the black man as a subhuman, violent criminal. In Gil Scott Heron’s poem, The Revolution Will Not be Televised, he speaks on the lack of positive media coverage in black communities. “The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.” (Scott Heron) This lack of positive media coverage as well as lack of history lead to a negative stigma around our people and a fear of anyone seeming to be of African

This ignorance is very dangerous as it often leads to resurrections of certain negative situations. For instance, forgetting about important figures, such as Malcolm X, leads to a loss of the empowerment and pride he gave colored people in America. Without acknowledgment for his achievements and life efforts, the milestones that he surpassed are of no significance. The systematic halt of his progress will curtail society’s renewed visions of peace and equality. Therefore, it is important that his beliefs, no matter their societal connotations, are taught in schools so children can have an understanding of his message and his impact towards society in the 1900s until now. Ironically, the defense for those who incorrectly believe that Malcolm X should not be discussed amongst children is that he preached violence and discrimination, but simultaneously, school systems teach about figures responsible for mass genocide, like Adolf Hitler, at a young age. However, the comparison between violent figures and Malcolm X does not denote the common opinion that Malcolm X was

The innovative novel Brave New World exploits the theme of the search for identity through its futuristic environment and society, which causes the main protagonist John to become sequestered from the others. In contrast, in the novel Brave New World individuals are supposed to be happy with their identity as it states, ‘…COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY’ (Huxley 1). Although each individual is placed into their own cast either as an alpha, beta, or gamma, they are supposed to be happy. In this obscure society, ‘the people who accidentally attain knowledge have only two choices if they are to survive: they can become oppressors or outcasts’ (‘Brave New’…6). This relates to my theme of identity as these people are constrained to limited amounts

In today’s society the kids are getting older faster. They are doing drugs, and drinking alcohol. They are having sex at a young age instead of being moral. The kids aren’t caring about people as much as they used to. When people die the kids aren’t caring. In the Brave New World kids are the same exact way.

Is Huxley’s novel Brave New World, slowly becoming our reality? Are we becoming the individuals in the book, that live their lives oblivious to the fact they are brainwashed by the government? In the novel Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, our present society and their world state society share many similar habits, however it is the differences in our two societies that are more visible and clear. The three most obvious topics seen in the novel, was the similarities and differences in reproduction, drugs and family/relationships.

Out of all the books we’ve read this year, in my opinion Invisible Man, Hamlet, and Crime and Punishment did the best job of showing me what the world outside education was like. These books do the best job because they depict very different lives from mine: they are narrated by men, one African American,one Russian, and one Danish royalty—three identities that I do not claim for myself. If we’re going to learn about the world, I might as well learn about worlds other than my own (which I’d say I’m pretty familiar with). A common theme throughout the books I’ve chosen is a problem with the binaries society presents us, whether it be racial, moral or internal. The conflicts addressed in these books often spring from a failure to find a balance, or an endeavor to find out where in the middle you belong.

One of the biggest mistakes that the white population makes in Mainstream American society regarding the way they view racism is the way in which they actually think or envision racism. Racism is thought to be events that have happened in history, but that don’t necessarily happen “anymore”. Many of American’s that are white typically think of significant occurrences such as slavery, segregation, wars between races, and internment camps. Racism is viewed very differently for the non-white population. Discussed in lecture by Professor Chernega, “non-whites think of racism in terms of something that happened to them yesterday, today, or even potential racism they will face in the future” (Chernega, 2017). This produces two very different views that two different populations experience simultaneously. There is a reason for this difference in understanding what discrimination means. It is no surprise that blacks have faced a much longer period of discrimination when compared to whites. Another idea that plays a large part in the reason for these differences of understandings is the way in which history is told. Many historic stories are told as if racism is something that only occurred in the past and doesn’t necessarily happen anymore. More often than not, racism is not addressed as a current issue when historic events are explained. Author Kohl discusses the issues regarding children’s literature