Illustrated as a dark-skinned older black man, Ruckus constantly is reminding other black people (often times the Freemans) that he has Re-Vitiligo, and that he’s actually white. If you’re familiar with the disorder, Vitiligo, are patches on the skin that begin to lose pigmentation, the inverse would be gaining pigmentation. He hates anything that has to do with being black and makes the extra effort to set himself apart from the negativity he sees in blackness. He would agree with What is Enlightenment? on the basis that black people are immature and need to have knowledge brought to them. Throughout the whole show he does nothing but uplift the values of white supremacy. He is stubborn and unwilling to see any other point of view. “White
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Personally, as a black person I can say that I have felt bad about myself because of the social stigmas that came with my skin. Not knowing any better, I have tried to do and say things that showed “I don’t like that some black people do this either, so annoying of them, I’m not like that”. It’s really a conflicting position to be in. Knowing this personally I can say first hand that self-hate is prominent but disguised in the black community. You almost don’t realize that you are putting yourself down. It’s so built into everyone's minds that white equals good and black equals bad. So as a black person when you want to attain good things, it is custom to believe that you will get them by “acting” white or pleasing that crowd. For example, people always make comments about black women who assumingly hate themselves because they bleach their skin, wear the blonde white girl wigs, or getting perms (straightening their hair) colored contacts and the whole nine. Although it’s not always the case, it can be. More along the lines of black women altering their appearance to assimilate to a conventional idea of beauty. Like Ruckus and his Revitiligo, this is an attempt to run away from your black culture Wanting to change with that being the goal is a form of self hatred, and it’s pretty obvious that Ruckus hates who he
Personally, as a black person I can say that I have felt bad about myself because of the social stigmas that came with my skin. Not knowing any better, I have tried to do and say things that showed “I don’t like that some black people do this either, so annoying of them, I’m not like that”. It’s really a conflicting position to be in. Knowing this personally I can say first hand that self-hate is prominent but disguised in the black community. You almost don’t realize that you are putting yourself down. It’s so built into everyone's minds that white equals good and black equals bad. So as a black person when you want to attain good things, it is custom to believe that you will get them by “acting” white or pleasing that crowd. For example, people always make comments about black women who assumingly hate themselves because they bleach their skin, wear the blonde white girl wigs, or getting perms (straightening their hair) colored contacts and the whole nine. Although it’s not always the case, it can be. More along the lines of black women altering their appearance to assimilate to a conventional idea of beauty. Like Ruckus and his Revitiligo, this is an attempt to run away from your black culture Wanting to change with that being the goal is a form of self hatred, and it’s pretty obvious that Ruckus hates who he