Ta-Nehisi Coates’ experiences have resulted in a perception which lumps people into one group, discredits the work of others, and judges events from a subjective point of view. This is a flawed way of evaluating events that one comes across on a daily basis. It will lead to misunderstandings caused by the influence of one’s biases, and it may inflate and dramatize actions which had no ill-will behind them. It may lead to the oppressor to justify his actions stating that he is oppressed. It kills the individuality of a person, and makes assumptions regarding an individual based upon the actions committed by a few of the many people in the vast group which that individual may be associated with. One must not allow their opinions and prejudices to create a false assumption regarding an individual or a group.
Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up envisioning the white man as this happy being with minimal …show more content…
By having this mindset it becomes very difficult for one to view blacks as the oppressors in any case. Contrary to Ta-Nehisi’s assumption that blacks are always oppressed, and punished unjustly in comparison to the white man, one needs to look back a few months. In the case of the falsely labelled Black Lives Matter Kidnapping - Black Lives Matter had nothing to do with it -, four African American teens kidnapped a disabled white man and constantly beat him while spouting racial slurs. This incident was streamed on facebook. Interestingly enough the police department has said that the attacks were not politically or racially related, but they were motivated by the man’s disability. Like in the case of many unjust police shootings race is removed from the discussion, thus creating a controversy among discussions. This case clearly proves that Ta-Nehsis’s perspective is based upon his own prejudices and assumptions regarding African
Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up envisioning the white man as this happy being with minimal …show more content…
By having this mindset it becomes very difficult for one to view blacks as the oppressors in any case. Contrary to Ta-Nehisi’s assumption that blacks are always oppressed, and punished unjustly in comparison to the white man, one needs to look back a few months. In the case of the falsely labelled Black Lives Matter Kidnapping - Black Lives Matter had nothing to do with it -, four African American teens kidnapped a disabled white man and constantly beat him while spouting racial slurs. This incident was streamed on facebook. Interestingly enough the police department has said that the attacks were not politically or racially related, but they were motivated by the man’s disability. Like in the case of many unjust police shootings race is removed from the discussion, thus creating a controversy among discussions. This case clearly proves that Ta-Nehsis’s perspective is based upon his own prejudices and assumptions regarding African