Otherness is defined as the quality or fact of being different. In “The Planet of the Ood” the human race was classified as more superior than the Oods. The Odds where made specifically to be a “servant race” for the humans this caused them to not only be unable to express their feelings, but they were also unable to express their own opinions. Klineman, the head of the company often talked down too his Ood treating him as though he didn’t have feelings, and making him out to be a fool. In our own society we often treat others different, because of the way they look, their color, or even where they came from. Although slavery does not exist in our society today as it did 150 years ago, often any individuals, such as Klineman make another feel
argues that society should move from people looking at each other’s different skin colors and
Our understanding of the Earth’s interior has been a focus for scientific study for multiple decades, recognised in the early 1900’s. Throughout the years, scientists have debated and quarreled over their findings, observations and theories for the most correct model of the composition and internal structure of the Earth.
John Perry Barlow once said, “Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonwealth, our governance will emerge.” To me this quote means that race is an imaginary thing, and that there are no physical differences between any two people who are of different race. The only thing that is different between the two people is what they have learned, what they accomplished and what their interests are as individuals. Throughout history the issues between race, gender, and religion have always been seen as a social issue that has created great conflict between people. This topic is prevalent in Toni Morrison’s novel, A Mercy, which is set in the 17th century. The various voices in this novel show how conflict is stirred with the social issues dealing in that century.
To “other” someone is to “view or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself” [Oxford Dictionary]. When one “others” a person or group of people they mentally set themself up as the default or the one who is normal, while thinking of everyone else as being strange, or even wrong. The films Tomboy and Drôle de Félix explore the lives of two who have been “othered” and how they navigate their lives and their relationships with their families and friends.
Miller, J. and Schamess, G. (2000). The discourse of denigration and creation of ‘other.’ Journal of sociology and social welfare. 27, 3, 39-62.
differences between themselves and others around them. One may not know the meaning of racism
Everyone in our world is different in one way or another and everyone in their own way is an other. Begin an other usually leads to prejudices. This is a horrible thing that happens to some people. Sometimes being an other turns to be an expression of individualism. These others or individuals. The individuals become heroes in what they stand for. They fight for things like medical rights, equality and what they believe in.a lot of people are others from prejudice but are really individuals. Examples of these kind of people are Curley from John Steinback’s Of Mice and Men, Spencer West and Sue Rodriguez. These people had prejudices against them but fought back to become incredible individuals through their otherness. These are just some others who have prejudice against them but come out as an expression of individuality.
‘Ochres’ performed by Bangarra Dance Theatre is a work choreographed by Stephen Page. ‘Ochres’ is performed in four sections, Yellow, Black, White and Red. Each section represents a different aspect of the aboriginal culture and its meaning. ‘Red’ demonstrates the youth, the obsession, the poison and the pain involved with the customs, laws and values associated with the relationship of men and women. Page was born in the working class suburban area of Mount Gravatt along with his other 11 siblings. Page is of descent of the Nunukul people and the Munaldjali clan of the Yugambeh tribe from South East Queensland ("Stephen Page | Bangarra Dance Theatre", 2016). He choreographed works for his high school concerts showing potential from a young age. At the age of 16 he joined the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as a law clerk. This gave him an immense knowledge of the black legal cultural and political
Shakespeare frequently features in his plays a character who is outwardly different from the rest, designating him clearly as “other.” By introducing individuals who differ in some observable way from the cultures they inhabit, Shakespeare forces his audience to question the nature of humanity and our definitions of difference. Why do we create the categories that we do? Why do we associate one physical quality with other social and moral ones? Are these categorizations rational? Through his black characters in Titus Andronicus and Othello, Shakespeare demonstrates that the main culture uses racial stereotypes to blame the “other” for society’s problems while failing to see the causes of the same problems in themselves. Such prejudices therefore endanger both the “other” and the main culture that exhibits prejudice. By portraying Aaron and Othello as complex human characters who share more in common with white characters in similar situations than they do with each other, Shakespeare shows that racism undermines the humanity that unites us all.
...ground or where they are located in the world, it is ignorant to put these differences up as a way to distinguish one people from another, or to say that one race has greater hierarchal significance than another. These constructions provide insight into how people have come to see one another and can also help to see ways through which avoiding racism in modern society may one day be possible.
Involved in social interaction is the concept of a social self. A social self, as explained by George Herbert Mead, is a symbiotic interaction; the individual self is a process of interaction as opposed to a “thing.” In terms of multiracial individuals, this means that they’re social self is developed through communication with themselves and with others. As explained by Shih and Sanchez, multiracial individuals have developed their sense of self by being misunderstood by “white” and non multiracial communities. In terms of the article, if multiracial individuals are feeling like their full self isn’t being accepted, they will view themselves as outcasted and unaccepted by their community. Unfortunately, it is difficult enough for a monoracial individual to feel accepted, let alone a multiracial individual.
...and can be set aside, has an absurd psychological way of thinking. People should not devalue others’ because they are “weaker,” or “different” from him/her.
Through ages, people used to detach themselves from the meaning of common dignity. They have been looking for ways to make themselves look important. They have created classes and used to look down to people who differ from them. People usually involve the idea that one’s own race is more pre-eminent therefore, he has the right to control others. If we take the United States of America as an example, we will find that many Negros has suffered from discrimination. They were deprived from their civil, social, political and educational rights. There were many cases in which African Americans have been discriminated from white people but Martin Luther king tried to stop this racism. Discrimination and racism were not only restricted to African Americans in the US but also it has extended to Egypt and many other countries all over the world. In Egypt, there is a lot of dominations that suffer from discrimination like Nubians for example. Although they are Egyptians, but Nubians are not treated in the same way as other Egyptian up till now.
Why do we other and is there an ethical way to live with the other in an increasingly diverse world? In Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers, Kwame Anthony Appiah considers otherness as coming from two interconnected concepts: first, the other are those who are not local or related to us; second, we perceive the other to have a conflicting set of values to our own. However, Appiah contends that the values between a group and an other are not significantly different. As for an ethical means of living together with the other, Appiah puts forth the concept of cosmopolitanism, which has two fundamental ideas: that we have an obligation of concern for others; and a respect for what he refers to as “legitimate difference” (Appiah: xv).
In Hendriks article he uses an example of this when he explains that a white woman entered the Congo Basin and was immediately singled out as being special. The African’s thought because she was white she was from another world and they wanted to wait on her hand and foot. The image alluded to in Heart of Darkness is subservience by blacks to whites which was prompted by the fact that Africans had never seen a white person before and didn’t know how to react. This phenomenon continu...