Thank you for sharing with us. I like the way you put it in your posting "It takes away judgment and fact and allows us to look at people’s different perspectives through a subjective lens." When errors such as these surface, blaming seems to be a natural reflex of people’s emotions. It's become their “Deep Story" I think many people feel so strongly about these emotions because they are raised in an environment which enforces this feeling and beliefs, in other words, are deeply embedded in them.
In recent years, it seems like many people like to blame and attack affirmative action and want to do away with it or feel there is no need for it anymore, especially in high unemployment areas. One perspective of many Americans, including people in Louisiana, the traces of discrimination have almost disappeared, and affirmative action is unfairly proving an advantage to minorities. Its allowing people to "cut in" front of them in job lines. In Hochschild's book, she states, Louisiana …show more content…
However, I was raised at the time when this was a strong belief and part of many Americans "deep stories." You worked for your American Dream and no one's behind it a "free ride." Sadly, many of my generations have raised their children to feel the same way. So, to them it truly the reality. but with that said I also think that's how people inherit bias and prejudices. They have raised environment and then it becomes part of their reality and emotional beliefs. Therefore, I think Louisiana's emotional beliefs comes from a "Deep Story." and have been told this for multiple generations, The American dream that we were all raised on is a simple but powerful one: If you work hard and play by the rules, you should be given a chance to go as far as you want and have the American Dream. Thus, everyone deserves an equal opportunity to do
In recent years, it seems like many people like to blame and attack affirmative action and want to do away with it or feel there is no need for it anymore, especially in high unemployment areas. One perspective of many Americans, including people in Louisiana, the traces of discrimination have almost disappeared, and affirmative action is unfairly proving an advantage to minorities. Its allowing people to "cut in" front of them in job lines. In Hochschild's book, she states, Louisiana …show more content…
However, I was raised at the time when this was a strong belief and part of many Americans "deep stories." You worked for your American Dream and no one's behind it a "free ride." Sadly, many of my generations have raised their children to feel the same way. So, to them it truly the reality. but with that said I also think that's how people inherit bias and prejudices. They have raised environment and then it becomes part of their reality and emotional beliefs. Therefore, I think Louisiana's emotional beliefs comes from a "Deep Story." and have been told this for multiple generations, The American dream that we were all raised on is a simple but powerful one: If you work hard and play by the rules, you should be given a chance to go as far as you want and have the American Dream. Thus, everyone deserves an equal opportunity to do