In Patricia J. Williams article, “Are We Worried About Storm’s Identity – Or Our Own?”, William article sends a reflection feeling towards the audience and how they need to think about the whole stereotype problem differently and positively instead of negatively. In the article, you can see how her audience surrounds more over a parent and political figure as she first starts off the story with her son and then transitions in later with a more serious political tone. Moreover, in this article you can see how William put her voice in this and her point across which is we should focus on ourselves and what we do instead of worrying about someone else’s life. We should hold ourselves to the endless possibilities that it is soon to come. William
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For example, if an African American doesn’t know how to play basketball then he not black, if a Chinese not good in math then he’s not smart or if a Latino doesn’t know how to cook tacos or fajitas then they’re not Mexican enough. In this case since the person doesn’t want to reveal Storm identity that makes Storm a freak and of course makes Storm parents a bad parent. Stereotype is getting out of hand, not just when it comes to race but also when it comes to gender and religion. These stereotypes can cause people to be constantly conscious about what they do. Theses stereotypes cause people to be conscious because people always take things out of context from what they hear and match it to something and how it is supposed to be. In William’s article, she points out the stereotype and the negative effect it has on all of this just because Storm’s parents doesn’t want to share his gender. “The public response has been overwhelmingly negative” (William 546). It doesn’t matter how the parents didn’t want to reveal the gender of their kid, it was their choice and its not harming anyone at all. It caused an uproar since it was unheard of but its not harming anyone at all. Also, because it was unheard of people immediately assumed that because it was different from what they did themselves that it is moral wrong. Currently with everyone standing for equality, the parents should not be seen as wrong for them wanting their child to be equal. This is the time where everyone is equal and race and religion doesn’t matter, therefore why does it matter if the gender not
For example, if an African American doesn’t know how to play basketball then he not black, if a Chinese not good in math then he’s not smart or if a Latino doesn’t know how to cook tacos or fajitas then they’re not Mexican enough. In this case since the person doesn’t want to reveal Storm identity that makes Storm a freak and of course makes Storm parents a bad parent. Stereotype is getting out of hand, not just when it comes to race but also when it comes to gender and religion. These stereotypes can cause people to be constantly conscious about what they do. Theses stereotypes cause people to be conscious because people always take things out of context from what they hear and match it to something and how it is supposed to be. In William’s article, she points out the stereotype and the negative effect it has on all of this just because Storm’s parents doesn’t want to share his gender. “The public response has been overwhelmingly negative” (William 546). It doesn’t matter how the parents didn’t want to reveal the gender of their kid, it was their choice and its not harming anyone at all. It caused an uproar since it was unheard of but its not harming anyone at all. Also, because it was unheard of people immediately assumed that because it was different from what they did themselves that it is moral wrong. Currently with everyone standing for equality, the parents should not be seen as wrong for them wanting their child to be equal. This is the time where everyone is equal and race and religion doesn’t matter, therefore why does it matter if the gender not