The Sunken Place Research Paper

I would define “The sunken place’” is when you allow yourself to continue to be naive even when you have knowledge. It is a place where some Blacks are in because it has been taught to them and they do not know how to break that mind set. “The sunken place” has been going on for hundreds of years and it has change and adapt to change times of the world. Your sunken place can be having black self-hate or even or black shame. Which mean you do not like being black or you very ashamed of being black or other blacks. It is a place of oppression for blacks which whites have used to keep us in that sunken place.
In the sunken place, you rationalize things that are wrong just so it can seem right to you. “The sunken place” can also deal with blacks having negrophobia against our own race because it is easier to disassociate ourselves than you cannot blame me for what other blacks are doing. It will be easy to denial our race because it will allow whites to continue to not see as humans. “The sunken place” is also dealing with our failures being the focal point instead of a lesson we might had learned. It is easy that Whites focus on our failures, so it can be it easy for blacks to be label as criminals or just waste of space.
There are many ways that we can correct “the sunken place” and I feel it starts with our mind set and actions.
One thing is accepting your heritage and being comfortable in your own skin. You should wake and understand that racism does exist and that you must do better than what society has made you out to be. The n-word need to stop being used when taking to friends or family. It is very degrading and it allows whites to feel like it is okay to continue to treat us like we are not humans. Blacks must understand that Whites wants us to continue to stay in “the sunken place” mindset so it will be easier for them to continued their superiority over
blacks.
In our history books, there need to be a change that tells the truth about Africa and its people. With the truth then blacks will be able to see that Whites have always stolen our success and accomplishments and made it to their own. This will allow Blacks to not be ashamed of their heritage and celebrate the accomplishments that we have made in the past. Europeans have always defined Blacks as being inferior to them, so in history book we are not recognized as anything but as people who needed their help. Therefore, we are having the problem with us hating our African grandmother and her ways.
We have hatred for our African grandmother and her ways because we do not want to be associated with being black. It is negative to be black so some few that it is better to assimilate with Whites than to embrace our blackness. See in America racism is normal and not abnormal but many may say that it is dead. It is seen throughout our daily lives, so when we denial our grandmother we are allowing racism to continue. We letting it continue because we are saying that being black is not good enough and that it is better to be white. With the critical race theory and America denial your grandmother and her ways just support Whites and their agenda of white racism, anti-Black racism, Negrophobia, Black deficit theory, and even Black shame.