What Is The Role Model Of Identity?

Identity has originated from surrounding environments and that one perceives herself how she believes others see her. When white men colonized America and brought slaves from Africa, white men perceived their own advancement as faster evolution. They believed that they were better than those who were “primitive”. As the patriarchy and systematic racism have evolved throughout the years, the perception of a white man has become the role model in all things positive, if not at least neutral. In America, a white man is portrayed as the role model, the lawful good, and the one who has saved many. However, when America is a melting pot for all, the white man model fails to represent all yet is still a dominant thought in society. He who does not look like a white man is subject to being the “Other”. …show more content…
White women and African Americans continue to struggle with their own identity and perception of self because patriarchal white America does not allow for differences nor holds any minority group equal to them. In this paper I will argue that by examining the interactions between white men towards black men, white women, and black women, one can see that each minority group is prevented from creating an unadulterated identity. In a society that has constructed the white man as the ideal, minorities’ identities are not only repressed but also altered, which hinders the minority experience further keeping them in a systematic subordination. DuBois, de Beauvoir, and Collins examine the ways that their surroundings have prohibited the creation of a whole identity and how it affects the minority