Revisionist History: Generous Orthodoxy
In order to revise, one must sacrifice something for the community as a whole and willing to compromise for change. In Malcolm Gladwell's series Revisionist History in the episode “Generous Orthodoxy”, Gladwell revises the true motives of the Mennonite church community and Princeton University’s community. Gladwell effectively presents how communities vaguely represent the diversity. Gladwell interviewed church minister Chester Wanger who lost his ministry licence after he officiated the marriage of his gay son. Gladwell also spoke about Princeton University’s protest on the Woodrow Wilson building and many other buildings as they may reflect the views of the University. Malcolm Gladwell’s revision of the church and the university positively portrays how the minorities of the community are misunderstood and overlooked within their own communities. Gladwell accurately portrays the revision of the community through the binaries of the two communities, and also the patterns that the two communties share. To be willing to make change, Gladwell asks the audience what are they willing to sacrifice in order to see the …show more content…
The protesters wanted his name off of the building because “he was racist, and not a mild one, a kind of nasty one. They also argued that the school is set up with “rich white men” for every building. One student said that the university owes them everything and that their people built it. The protesters also question if they truly belonged at the university and questioned if the university was really for them. The name on the building reflects old traditions such as the “Idea of Wilson that led to the continuous genocide of Black people in this country. He is a murderer, we owe him nothing.” The protesters are questioning if the old traditions are thought to have been
In order to revise, one must sacrifice something for the community as a whole and willing to compromise for change. In Malcolm Gladwell's series Revisionist History in the episode “Generous Orthodoxy”, Gladwell revises the true motives of the Mennonite church community and Princeton University’s community. Gladwell effectively presents how communities vaguely represent the diversity. Gladwell interviewed church minister Chester Wanger who lost his ministry licence after he officiated the marriage of his gay son. Gladwell also spoke about Princeton University’s protest on the Woodrow Wilson building and many other buildings as they may reflect the views of the University. Malcolm Gladwell’s revision of the church and the university positively portrays how the minorities of the community are misunderstood and overlooked within their own communities. Gladwell accurately portrays the revision of the community through the binaries of the two communities, and also the patterns that the two communties share. To be willing to make change, Gladwell asks the audience what are they willing to sacrifice in order to see the …show more content…
The protesters wanted his name off of the building because “he was racist, and not a mild one, a kind of nasty one. They also argued that the school is set up with “rich white men” for every building. One student said that the university owes them everything and that their people built it. The protesters also question if they truly belonged at the university and questioned if the university was really for them. The name on the building reflects old traditions such as the “Idea of Wilson that led to the continuous genocide of Black people in this country. He is a murderer, we owe him nothing.” The protesters are questioning if the old traditions are thought to have been