Americans need to conform into becoming non-conformists like Vershawn Ashanti Young. Young writes about how he is an “average nigga” but we believe he is above average. Young states, “As a result I am hyper aware of how masculine I …show more content…
Ultimately, this begins arguments where people directly target the opposing ethnicity when something involving both is done wrong. To prevent the continuation of arguments author Audre Lorde in her excerpt, “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action” believes that the way out of this is to use our voices as our defense. This is why she states, “ we share a commitment to language and to the power of language , and to the reclaiming of that language which has been made to work against us.” The problem begins with those who are “victimized”, instead of speaking out against it and realizing the responsibility within their race for what is being done. Some might find what we are saying to be selfish, but it is to help the nation as a whole to realize the reality of our society and create positivity within every