Book Review: Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?
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Kyle Reed
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Ms. Davis
4 September 2014
Toure Review
As I began to watch the Toure video I thought it was going to be a very boring speech about his life. Even though I thought the speech would be boring I figured that it would have and influential message that allows me to see the world in a new perspective. The essential message of his speech is about the new forms of racism that we may not even consider. These new forms of racism are mainly through micro-aggressive statements that belittle or damage our self-esteem. It’s important to beware of these new forms of racism so we don’t let them take away who we are.
In his speech Toure discuss how certain stereotypical assumptions could damage ourselves self-esteem and make us feel inadequate. He talks about how people expect certain races to behave in a certain way, and when we try to prove these assumptions wrong we get distracted and fail to see our goals. I agree the with Toure in which people don’t want to fulfill their stereotypical assumptions, however I feel that would want people to do better that do worse. When I was in high school I had a majority of white people in my class, and I strove to be the best in my classes in order to prove there stereotypical assumptions wrong. I also disagree with Toure on how certain stereotypical assumptions could damage self-esteem since some of them are based off of rich cultural tradition that make them who they are.
The other way Toure said racism may occur is by belittling your actions based on your race. For example when Toure was talking about that man who had all of those accolades, then someone said “you’re got where you are because you’re black”. I found that extremely disrespectful since he basically said “it doesn’t matter who you are and what you do your still just a nigger.” As African- Americans our stereotypical assumption isn’t to succeed and thrive, they expect us to be bums struggling to get by. So as Africans- Americans we must
Kyle Reed
LIBS 202
Ms. Davis
4 September 2014
Toure Review
As I began to watch the Toure video I thought it was going to be a very boring speech about his life. Even though I thought the speech would be boring I figured that it would have and influential message that allows me to see the world in a new perspective. The essential message of his speech is about the new forms of racism that we may not even consider. These new forms of racism are mainly through micro-aggressive statements that belittle or damage our self-esteem. It’s important to beware of these new forms of racism so we don’t let them take away who we are.
In his speech Toure discuss how certain stereotypical assumptions could damage ourselves self-esteem and make us feel inadequate. He talks about how people expect certain races to behave in a certain way, and when we try to prove these assumptions wrong we get distracted and fail to see our goals. I agree the with Toure in which people don’t want to fulfill their stereotypical assumptions, however I feel that would want people to do better that do worse. When I was in high school I had a majority of white people in my class, and I strove to be the best in my classes in order to prove there stereotypical assumptions wrong. I also disagree with Toure on how certain stereotypical assumptions could damage self-esteem since some of them are based off of rich cultural tradition that make them who they are.
The other way Toure said racism may occur is by belittling your actions based on your race. For example when Toure was talking about that man who had all of those accolades, then someone said “you’re got where you are because you’re black”. I found that extremely disrespectful since he basically said “it doesn’t matter who you are and what you do your still just a nigger.” As African- Americans our stereotypical assumption isn’t to succeed and thrive, they expect us to be bums struggling to get by. So as Africans- Americans we must