Analysis Of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's 'Indian Mascots-You' Re Out

Dietrich Bonhoeffer says, “Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others, we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” Due to the society we live in today we make judgements about people based on the color of their skin, the symmetry of their face, their clothing, their personality, and their behavior. Our everyday lifestyle is like ethnicity. A person’s ethnicity comes from things they’ve learned from their surroundings. We do things and do not realize the effectiveness of our actions. We see things and we mock them.
Why do we look at people and form opinions about them? That question remains unanswered. This is called being stereotypical. When
Shakley used the American government and white settlers during the nineteenth-century as an example of how Natives were being treated. If the American culture is treating Native Americans as prey then they are taking advantage of them, which is not fair. The text speaks on stereotypes made about American Natives because of their mascot. The text says, “The University of Illinois Fighting Illini, for example, refers to an Indian nation, but now that its Chief Illiniwek mascot been abandoned few people make the connection” (Shackley 521). Of the many schools and mascots the Native tribe mascots were the only ones
Many people will agree with this statement because reality shows are real-life situations. When people see things like so they either run with it or use it as a lesson. What I mean by this is, they will be influenced by what others are doing because their actions are being broadcasted to the world which makes them look “cool.” Others will disagree because some reality shows influence people to take negative actions. What does watching television do for us as a people?
Watching television can be educational in both a positive and negative way. In reality shows that teens from the age thirteen and up watch, teens are influenced in a negative way. They see adults acting chaotic; cursing, fighting, screaming, etc. in public areas. This gives people a negative outlook on the world. On the other hand, watching television can be educational in a positive way because there is more to television than reality shows. Television has many positively influenced shows such as: nature, animal, etc. and also negatively influenced shows.
In our everyday lives we experience many different things. Whether they are good or bad things. We realize that we do things without knowing. We take actions without realizing the effectiveness. We do certain things because of the way we feel; hurt, happy, loved, etc. Everyday