Culture Clash
“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color,” said Malcolm X. During a particular period of time, a dominant paradigm discriminated against a certain type of people in society. African Americans have been one of the main subjects to being a marginal group, not technically fitting in due to the color of their skin. Propaganda, scare tactics, and other techniques have been used towards them to help the dominant group maintain dominance over the general population.
This essay is to demonstrates the idea of contact zone which to Pratt, “cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other.” In 1963, Josephine Baker, presented a speech at the March On Washington, a march for jobs and freedom. In her speech she had discussed the different trials and discrimination she had to face as a black woman. One of the things she had said in her speech was …show more content…
This causes Josephine to become angry because she is aware of her rights as a human being, so she shouts and screams for the discriminating world to hear. She says, “So I did open my mouth and you know I did scream, and when I demanded what I was suppose to have what I was entitled to, they still would not give it to me.” This all ties into Pratt 's essay, Art of the Contact Zone. Pratt says, “refer to social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today. (319)” Josephine Baker struggling to reach a respectable statues in the world. Guaranteed freedom. The blacks and whites are
“I am not a racist. I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color,” said Malcolm X. During a particular period of time, a dominant paradigm discriminated against a certain type of people in society. African Americans have been one of the main subjects to being a marginal group, not technically fitting in due to the color of their skin. Propaganda, scare tactics, and other techniques have been used towards them to help the dominant group maintain dominance over the general population.
This essay is to demonstrates the idea of contact zone which to Pratt, “cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other.” In 1963, Josephine Baker, presented a speech at the March On Washington, a march for jobs and freedom. In her speech she had discussed the different trials and discrimination she had to face as a black woman. One of the things she had said in her speech was …show more content…
This causes Josephine to become angry because she is aware of her rights as a human being, so she shouts and screams for the discriminating world to hear. She says, “So I did open my mouth and you know I did scream, and when I demanded what I was suppose to have what I was entitled to, they still would not give it to me.” This all ties into Pratt 's essay, Art of the Contact Zone. Pratt says, “refer to social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today. (319)” Josephine Baker struggling to reach a respectable statues in the world. Guaranteed freedom. The blacks and whites are