Isolation In William Shakespeare's 'Othello'

As our classmate, Alisha Jones stated in the last unit discussion post response, “It is amazing how we can all read the same Shakespeare play, and get a different understanding as of the message being conveyed”; but that just speaks volumes to the genius of Shakespeare’s talent as a writer. As for myself, I try to approach Shakespeare’s writing with a more critical thinking mindset, especially with the sensitivity of racial intolerance. As a result, I respectfully listened and considered the viewpoint of those responding to this post. Nevertheless, I would like to offer an opposing point of view.
Although “Othello” is a fictional character, his plight is not foreign to amongst African Americans. Personally speaking, as an African American woman, I have felt the same racial isolation from my white counterparts, sometimes overtly and sometimes unconsciously.
Actually, Othello’s self-imposed isolation was not racist, but a self-defense mechanism to shield against his insecurities. As exemplified in an article from “The Atlantic Daily”, Journalists Adia Harvey Wingfield writes, “Beyond outright discrimination, which many still face, there are psychological costs to being one of just a few black faces in a predominantly white environment. In a study of black professional workers in a number of different occupations, I found that these employees worked to carefully manage their emotions in ways that reflected the racial landscapes they inhabited. In particular, black professionals had to be very careful to show feelings of conviviality and pleasantness, even—especially—in response to racial issues” (Wingfield, 2015). Likewise, I too, tend to isolate myself as a protective mechanism. Despite the many accomplishments I’ve achieved over my lifetime, there is a constant reminder from my white peers that my accomplishments were not genuinely merited or that I was perhaps a “unicorn” among my