Look in the mirror… what do you see? You see an appearance, but does that appearance define who you are? Self image is a huge factor in our society today, people worry about their appearance and how others view them due to agonizing over the thought of judgement. We judge based distinctively on appearance and no one can deny it. At some point in our lives we have all judged someone based solely upon their looks. However , it is something we should all work on. We shouldn't judge based off of image ,because the way you look doesn't define who you are. Especially the factor of race, just because someone is of a different race whether it be black and white, asian and chinese, or hispanic and latino. These billions of people make up our society. …show more content…
This making us prone to judge based on a conception of race. Those who overthink judgment and worry about the opinions of others tend to lose themselves and try to change. Whether that change be as little as a hairstyle, in My First Conk by Malcolm X he provides and example of this. Malcolm himself conforms to society due to the conception of his race. He “...speaks from personal experience...” allowing us to be apart of a time in his life where he changed himself trying to fit in. When he got a “conk” it was his “...first really big step toward self-degradation…”. He had conformed, he “...endured all of that pain, literally burning (his) flesh to have it look like a white man's hair.” He had realized that he had “...joined that multitude of Negro men and women in America who are brainwashed into believing that the black people are “inferior”-and white people are “ superior”- that they will even violate and mutilate their God-created bodies to try to look “pretty” by white standards.” We shouldn’t hold people to standards, no one should have to feel like they aren’t …show more content…
We have all done something that maybe we wouldn’t do on our own just to prove something or fit in with ones around us. But why? It all boils down to society, us, we do it to ourselves. We are the ones who have made these so called “standards” and we can be the ones to change them. Every person around us has flaws, it comes with being human. No matter the beauty on the outside what truly matters shows on the inside; how we see ourselves is what truly matters. It doesn't matter how other people see you and we shouldn't compare ourselves to others around us because we aren't them. We are ourselves and we should be proud of who we are. Self doubt seems to get to a lot of us and we shouldn't let it. We can not change who we are and we shouldn't try to or want to. The Transcendental beliefs of Emerson in Self-Reliance compares to Malcolm X’s, My First Conk, by providing “basic tenets” supporting Malcolm in his use of transcendentalist beliefs. The tenets that most stand out in Malcolm’s writing are that “ An intelligent person always seeks to revise their beliefs and make them better. It is foolish to worry about consistency and believe something just because you believed it yesterday.” Malcolm had believed in getting his hair “conked” however, once it was done he had realized he had “self-degraded” himself,he had become shameful of his action thus allowing him to change his views about “conks”. This is why we shouldn't try so
The way our culture has a tendency to view other individuals by there appearance will probably never change. In some way everyone has it set in his or her mind what makes a person "perfect". These characteristics include personal appearance, wealth and intelligence. We do not always get the chance to get to know a person, but rather make assumptions. Two poems, which reveal different perceptions of someone, include Richard Cory and The Barbie Doll.
Williams was a great one for “nigger” jokes. One day during my first week at school, I walked into the room and started singing to the class, as a joke ‘Way down yonder in the cotton field, some folks say that a nigger won’t steal.’ Very funny. I liked history, but I never thereafter had much liking for Mr. Williams. Later, I remember we came to the textbook section on Negro history. It was exactly one paragraph long. Mr. Williams laughed through it practically in a single breath, reading aloud how the Negroes had been slaves and then they were freed, and how they were usually lazy and dumb and shiftless. He added, I remember, an anthropological footnotes his own, telling us between laughs how Negroes feet was so ‘Big’ that when they walk, they don’t leave tracks, they leave a whole in the ground.” (The Autobiography of Malcolm X,32 )
Imagine a world where anyone who was born with brown hair got to give orders to anyone born with blonde hair. If you're born with brown hair, you could have better careers and the better education whereas the blondes wouldn’t even been given a fair court trial. If something like this happened overnight, there would be a huge uproar, but what if it happened over time and generations grew to accept it? Eventually, people would start to argue that brown haired people were naturally superior to blondes. If you were living in a tiny town in the Deep South, such as Maycomb, you’d have even less of a reason to question the status quo. Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird is trying to teach his kids, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view- until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” Furthermore, the largest forms of discrimination in the novel are racism and classism.
Tal explained in the article how her family suffered in their early ages and escaped some of their problems, but when they entered a new country they were introduced to new conflicts that they eventually resolved by giving up some of their valuable time and also by teaching themselves to run a business that they have passed onto their granddaughter as a privilege. The argument of this article states that society will judge you in anyway possible because of the privileges you have, but remembering what Tal included in her article saying “My appearance certainly doesn’t tell the whole story, and to assume that it does and that I should apologize for it is insulting. ”(Fortgang 2014:16). As stated in this quote, a person’s appearance will never tell you their story, you will judge them for how they look, but that way is not the correct way to judge anyone, the only way to judge a person is to not judge them at all, because every person has challenges they have to face to become who they are today.
In our society, appearance and its importance might not look like a problem because of how much it is present in our lives and how it has been presented to us but it is important because we face problems like bullying at every level from child to adult and lower self-esteem that are highly correlated to suicide. The problems that we face today related to appearances are important so this topic deserve attention. Because it affects children, parents, models, teenagers and everybody, we s...
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” (Kahlil). People focus more on the outward appearance instead of the inward appearance. One’s inward appearance is comprised of their character, values, morals, and the true nature of their heart. On the other hand, the outward appearance is composed of one’s dress and grooming. The inward and outward appearance determines whether or not a person is ugly or beautiful. The choices that we make also define whether or not one is ugly or beautiful; choices made in the past can sometimes be repeated in the future.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the Father of Transcendentalism because he first introduced the idea of a simplistic and intuitive way of life. He claims, “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist . . . Nothing is at least sacred but the integrity of your own mind” (“Self-Reliance” 392). Nonconformity is an essential part of Emerson’s definition of a transcendentalist. To be able to live a truly boundless and accomplished life, one must not fall into the daily, busy life of society. He or she must stand out and follow their intuition, even it is not considered the norm. The only way to be content is to trust one’s instinct, not be jaded by the pressures society.
I either don’t think I’m as thin as everyone else or as pretty as everyone else. I also have skin problems that I get judged for. Many people have body image and personal problems that they’re
Society tends to misjudge people base on their appearances instead of their personality. As it’s shown on Cyrano de Bergerac story everyone misjudges people. Cyrano was ashamed of the way he looked, especially with his enormous nose that made him stand out. People didn’t care if Cyrano got his feelings hurt they thought he was a cruel person. Its bad when people tends to misjudge people without even knowing them but they just judge them by their looks instead of their personality. People shouldn’t be ashamed of the way they look and it shouldn’t stop them from accomplishing their goals and express their feelings towards the people they like.
Let’s stop prejudging others by their physical appearance and start seeing them for who they really are. There is more to people than racial stereotypes and their physical
Why are people not judged by who they are but instead what they look like? People judge people without find out who they are, what are their values, or their upbringing. Instead, they are categorized as a particular type of people based on how they appear. In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay,”Trouble Makers” he tells of how wrongful generalizations are made on a group of people or things. While in Brent Staples essay,”Just Walk on By” he tells of his personal struggled being racially profiled as an African American man. Gladwell would respond to Staples argument that he is perceived unfairly due to the generalizations that are made towards Staples.
Malcolm X debunked the fabricated reasons for African Americans to go against each other with his “Who Taught You to Hate Yourself” speech. White racist use several stereotypes degrade others to the extent that blacks may believe that they are flawed in every aspect so much that are demihumans. Blacks are generally stereotyped as violent, angry, and ignorant, which are portrayed “black face” comedy and early shows with African American cast such as Good Times. They portray blacks as characters that have an abnormal number of idiosyncrasies to the point that they can all be seen as one flawed entity. Employing the term “black on black crime” as a description of blacks interactions with each other degrades African Americans from quirky humans
The essay “Self-Reliance” is one of his most famous works. Emerson’s main point he is asserting is the importance of thinking for oneself rather than accepting other people’s ideas. If one relies on others judgments, they are a coward without inspiration or hope. People who rely on the opinions of others lack the creative power necessary to be a strong individual. He places the highest value on man’s own thoughts regarding his own existence.
Rather than focusing on the outside beauty, we should all take the time to get to know someone and appreciate who they truly are. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, warns the audience to celebrate differences within each others and accepting everyone for who they are instead of shunning their appearance. Just because someone is
The first impression you have when meeting someone is their appearance, which makes it easy to judge people based on how they