Perspective, the most powerful thing on earth. A statement of my own so therefore not entirely factual, but true none the less. The very definition of perception is, “The way you think about or understand someone or something (Unknown, 2016)”. Is this not the very thing that causes us to take sides in conflict or to act on something that doesn’t seem right? We are not born with the understanding that “White is Right” we are taught this from a very young age by our predecessors; our parents, our society, history, even by the very nature of being human. Our perceptions define our realities, and when we are afraid of the dark or the blackness that is inside our cores, our perceptions of black and white change. Explanation as I perceive it are
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Why, has been the discussion of this research, why are these children not choosing the color that looks like them? Some would say because our society has changed their perception to the ‘white is right’ thought, but I hazard to guess that it is a combination of fear and trepidation. As soon as we are born our perceptions are being formed by those we interact with. If we see those around us acting differently based on differences that another has then I perceive that to be true and right. It is as Susan Sontag said, “Fear binds people together” (Sontag, December 26, 2007) thus it is because of the fear of being isolated in courage that I feel a child chooses the ‘white …show more content…
As Mahatma Ghandi is most frequently quoted saying, “We must become the change we wish to see in the world” if we ourselves are afraid or ignorant or both and feel we have to conquer others, change will never happen. We must stand in the face of normal and challenge what is considered right and be willing to accept that our perceptions are only our own realities and not others and that we must be open to seeing all sides of a situation, therefore influencing our own reality with the chance that it may be skewed and in need of adjusting. Our experiences combined contribute to our perception and what we are afraid of and what we need to do to erode our own ignorance’s to achieve change, not only within ourselves but in our community, our society and destroy this concept that ‘White is Right’. – Destroy the
Why, has been the discussion of this research, why are these children not choosing the color that looks like them? Some would say because our society has changed their perception to the ‘white is right’ thought, but I hazard to guess that it is a combination of fear and trepidation. As soon as we are born our perceptions are being formed by those we interact with. If we see those around us acting differently based on differences that another has then I perceive that to be true and right. It is as Susan Sontag said, “Fear binds people together” (Sontag, December 26, 2007) thus it is because of the fear of being isolated in courage that I feel a child chooses the ‘white …show more content…
As Mahatma Ghandi is most frequently quoted saying, “We must become the change we wish to see in the world” if we ourselves are afraid or ignorant or both and feel we have to conquer others, change will never happen. We must stand in the face of normal and challenge what is considered right and be willing to accept that our perceptions are only our own realities and not others and that we must be open to seeing all sides of a situation, therefore influencing our own reality with the chance that it may be skewed and in need of adjusting. Our experiences combined contribute to our perception and what we are afraid of and what we need to do to erode our own ignorance’s to achieve change, not only within ourselves but in our community, our society and destroy this concept that ‘White is Right’. – Destroy the