How Does Having An Open Mind Influence An Individual's Knowledge And Perspective?

In the speech “Breathe and Push” by Valarie Kaur, it discusses the fight for equality, especially for Sikh-American Civil Rights. Kaur is a lawyer for 15 years, and continuing, and she is also a filmmaker. When her grandfather came to American, he was put into prison for months due to his appearances and belief. It was not until Henry Marshall, a white lawyer, filed a “writ of habeas corpus” that her grandfather was released on Christmas Eve. She continues her narrative of her family and said she has a son. She wants him to believe in a magical world, but unfortunately, the magical world she is fighting for is less magical and less safe than the world she was brought up in. She then ponders on about America’s political problems, but in an inspiring …show more content…
The interpretation includes that with time, comes knowledge, and as the knowledge of an individual grows, it shapes the individual person’s perspective. Depending on the knowledge, it could affect the person negatively or positively. Now how does having an open mind influences an individual’s knowledge and perspective? Like scientists, an open mind can set the stage for a break through. For example, a scientist who believes in spontaneous generation might never be accepting of the idea of evolution through natural selection. The scientist will always believe the maggots simply generated from a carcass, instead of the flies seeing that the carcass would be a good place to raise its young because of its sustenance, which lead it to lay it eggs. An open mind is required for the scientist in order to change his initial perspective of biology. By combining time and open mind together, it allows me to understand that if there is no open mind, even time will influence an individual very little. However, if the two act upon the individual willfully, then they can definitely influence the knowledge and perspective of the individual, and may be quite quickly