Discrimination And Identity In Susan Butler's Racial Identity

In “Racial identities” Kwame Anthony Apphia describes the different ethnic groups North America and how they are discriminated specialty the African Americans. In “Besides oneself: on the limits of sexual autonomy” Judith Butler states that sexual minorities suffer from discrimination and violence. In “Our secret” Susan Griffin describes the life of Heinrich Himmler which grows up to be a Nazi soldier. These passages describe the behavior of society and how individuals are affected it by it.

Griffin states that even if society has freedom they are not free, because people’s life is “still bound up with the lives of those who lived and died” (235). What Griffin might say is that people depend on society and their life depends in those in charge. People have freedom but what stops other individuals to violate their liberties. Authority was built to protect and guide society. The legislative branch’s mission is to protect people from individuals with in the society by creating rules and norms. The judicial

Butler says that “Democracy is not speaking unison … society impose what is right for everyone and without finding a way to enter into translation” (249). Butler might state that as a democracy people look for the wellbeing of the majority and they don’t acknowledge other individuals’ perspective. The majority has forsaken the principal of what a true democracy is equality. Humans have the natural desire to feel superior. Society follows this natural desire. They oppressed what they call minorities, the weak group of individuals. The majority can act in a way that seems right to the average citizen. Butler argues that the majority think is right, but is not right. According to her to be right is to be opened minded, because people don’t know how the future would be. Democracy is never going to be easy, so the societies have to be