Beyond Skin Deep
Racism and bigotry are behaviors evidently learned through submersion within a society polarized by ones difference in skin pigmentation. Abundant throughout our history and highly prevalent in our current society, conflicts between different cultural and ethnic groups have created a divide amongst citizens in the United States. Ironically speaking, from a scientific perspective, race amongst the human species is invalid and merely a construct of the human imagination. The role of every poet is to share his feelings and inner thoughts with the readers, this practice can be found in the works of Langston Hughes ' "Theme for English B", Robert Hayden 's "Frederick Douglass", and versus within J.Cole 's "Be Free".
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We are more alike then we are different. As a young adult, discovering your identity is a difficult task within itself, being placed in a generalized category based on assumptions about ones intelligence due to athleticism makes it a feat within its own. A place where I don 't belong, a place where I don 't relate to the common stereotype, a place not familiar to me because that is not who I am, a place to only make me feel more lost. It has been a battle to break through the shackles of this misconceived category I 've been "placed" into, solely to the fact of my outward and social position being an athlete, making it even harder to figure out who I truly am in this world. An identity crisis as a result of misplacement based on stereotypical judgments, is a concept I relate to Hughes with as he described within the poem. it has been quite difficult to unearth and discover commonalities with new acquaintances amongst my peers, especially having all America from varying and diverse backgrounds. Gratefully my experience being judged on my intellect based on my athleticism, has taught me many lessons to practice within my everyday life. I make a conscious choice to refrain from judgement, and rather seek to discover similarities amongst my peers, in return establishing an environment enriched with many perspectives from which to learn while seeking knowledge and
Racism and bigotry are behaviors evidently learned through submersion within a society polarized by ones difference in skin pigmentation. Abundant throughout our history and highly prevalent in our current society, conflicts between different cultural and ethnic groups have created a divide amongst citizens in the United States. Ironically speaking, from a scientific perspective, race amongst the human species is invalid and merely a construct of the human imagination. The role of every poet is to share his feelings and inner thoughts with the readers, this practice can be found in the works of Langston Hughes ' "Theme for English B", Robert Hayden 's "Frederick Douglass", and versus within J.Cole 's "Be Free".
In the poem …show more content…
We are more alike then we are different. As a young adult, discovering your identity is a difficult task within itself, being placed in a generalized category based on assumptions about ones intelligence due to athleticism makes it a feat within its own. A place where I don 't belong, a place where I don 't relate to the common stereotype, a place not familiar to me because that is not who I am, a place to only make me feel more lost. It has been a battle to break through the shackles of this misconceived category I 've been "placed" into, solely to the fact of my outward and social position being an athlete, making it even harder to figure out who I truly am in this world. An identity crisis as a result of misplacement based on stereotypical judgments, is a concept I relate to Hughes with as he described within the poem. it has been quite difficult to unearth and discover commonalities with new acquaintances amongst my peers, especially having all America from varying and diverse backgrounds. Gratefully my experience being judged on my intellect based on my athleticism, has taught me many lessons to practice within my everyday life. I make a conscious choice to refrain from judgement, and rather seek to discover similarities amongst my peers, in return establishing an environment enriched with many perspectives from which to learn while seeking knowledge and