In her book entitled "Whistling Vivaldi", Claude M Steele formulates a concept called identity contingencies. In his book, he defines that identity contingency is the situation where you are affected by your identity. He says that "This book is about what my colleagues and I call identity contingencies- the things you have to deal with in a situation because you have a given social identity, because you are old, young, gay, a white male, a women, black, Latino, politically conservative or liberal, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a cancer patient, and so on"( Steeles, Claude 3). He argue that the social identity or a stereotype of a person has an impact on his daily life. Similarly, in her poem entitled "Citizen: An American Lyrics", Claudia
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According to Steele 's claims, identity contingency is based on social identity or stereotype of a person. He says that "stereotypes threat, a contingency of their identity in these situations"(Steele Claude 7). He indicates that stereotypes is the root of identity contingency. He also states that stereotype threat constantly affect us. He says " I believe stereotype threat is a standard predicament of life"( Steele Claude 5). Here, Steele reveals that stereotypes are unavoidable in our lives no matter how unpleasant they are. Likewise, Rankine supports Steele 's claim by relating her daily life experience of being distressed by negative racial stereotypes. First, she recounts her experience at a store where she is held questioned for her credit card. She states that this happens simply because she belongs to a racial minority group. She says "The men at the cash register wants to know if you think your card will work. If this is his routine, he didn 't use it on the friend who went before you"( Claudia Rankine). She reveals that the man is only suspicious of her card, but not her friend 's card since Rankine points out her friend is not questioned. This proves that the man assume that Rankine is a dishonest person based on the racial stereotype Rankine 's race is associated with. Being distrusted, Rankine …show more content…
She presents her viewpoints by writing an unique style of poem. But in order to understand how her writing of this unique style poem is contributed to Steeles 's claims, it is necessary to examine Steeles 's concept of identity contingency again. As far as we know, Steeles 's concept of identity contingency reveals that people are affected by their social identity and it is unavoidable that people run in a situation which they are prejudiced with stereotypes. He says " Gerenally Speaking，contingencies are circumstance you have to deal with in order to what you want or need in a situation" ( Steele Claude). Again, Steele indicates that these racial stereotypes happen to people 's lives and they are unavoidable. In her poem entitled " Citizen, An American lyrics", Raukine shows her support for Steele 's argument by writing an unique style poem. She presents her poem to honor people who are died because of racial prejudices and she leaves blank to the name spaces which are intend to honor other people. She writes" In memory of Jordan Russell Davis/ In Memory of Eric Garner / In Memory of john Crawford / In Memory of Michael Brown / In Memory / In Memory / In Memory" ( Raukine, Claudia). Here, Raukine particularly mentions the names of Jordan Russell Davis, Eric Garner, John Crawford and Michael Brown because they are all the victims of negative
According to Steele 's claims, identity contingency is based on social identity or stereotype of a person. He says that "stereotypes threat, a contingency of their identity in these situations"(Steele Claude 7). He indicates that stereotypes is the root of identity contingency. He also states that stereotype threat constantly affect us. He says " I believe stereotype threat is a standard predicament of life"( Steele Claude 5). Here, Steele reveals that stereotypes are unavoidable in our lives no matter how unpleasant they are. Likewise, Rankine supports Steele 's claim by relating her daily life experience of being distressed by negative racial stereotypes. First, she recounts her experience at a store where she is held questioned for her credit card. She states that this happens simply because she belongs to a racial minority group. She says "The men at the cash register wants to know if you think your card will work. If this is his routine, he didn 't use it on the friend who went before you"( Claudia Rankine). She reveals that the man is only suspicious of her card, but not her friend 's card since Rankine points out her friend is not questioned. This proves that the man assume that Rankine is a dishonest person based on the racial stereotype Rankine 's race is associated with. Being distrusted, Rankine …show more content…
She presents her viewpoints by writing an unique style of poem. But in order to understand how her writing of this unique style poem is contributed to Steeles 's claims, it is necessary to examine Steeles 's concept of identity contingency again. As far as we know, Steeles 's concept of identity contingency reveals that people are affected by their social identity and it is unavoidable that people run in a situation which they are prejudiced with stereotypes. He says " Gerenally Speaking，contingencies are circumstance you have to deal with in order to what you want or need in a situation" ( Steele Claude). Again, Steele indicates that these racial stereotypes happen to people 's lives and they are unavoidable. In her poem entitled " Citizen, An American lyrics", Raukine shows her support for Steele 's argument by writing an unique style poem. She presents her poem to honor people who are died because of racial prejudices and she leaves blank to the name spaces which are intend to honor other people. She writes" In memory of Jordan Russell Davis/ In Memory of Eric Garner / In Memory of john Crawford / In Memory of Michael Brown / In Memory / In Memory / In Memory" ( Raukine, Claudia). Here, Raukine particularly mentions the names of Jordan Russell Davis, Eric Garner, John Crawford and Michael Brown because they are all the victims of negative