Appiah sees an issue with us labeling ourselves as only one thing and using that label to express your experiences as what everyone under that label experiences. He says that each person can not continue to speak for a group because everyone has their individual experiences that are completely different from one person to the next who might have the same label. This thought process is connected to Yoshino however…
10/31
Yoshino sees the problem as people covering their true selves and not living in authenticity . Everyone is hiding something about themselves and he views that as problematic because it puts a divide with people. It is something that people hold within themselves and if release work will be more productive. ” In practice, I expect the liberty paradigm to protect the authentic self better then the equality paradigm.” (Yoshino…
10/29
Covering: ” To cover is to tone down a disfavored identity to fit into the main stream”(Yoshino 539) This is the basic thoughts of what covering is. It is what we do to hide parts of ourselves from society. Society as a whole has a list of things that you should be and things you shouldn’t be. The act of covering tries to push ourselves into that box even if…
10/26
I feel that everyone has something they need to keep covered. Some people have more that they need to keep covered and some have less, however it is something that every one has to deal with. This whole covering of an outside identity is something that we can all relate to and this common thing then we can create conversations about how to eliminate this need in society to cover…
10/17
” I am not endorsing these claims, or celebrating the argumentative impasse, or , indeed, the poverty of reason in much discussion within and across cultures. But lets recognize this simple fact: A large part of what we do we do because it is just what we do.” He says that we do things just because we are used to them so it is fine that people do things that…
“Friday” Assignment
For the interview I will be talking about conversations in general. I will be interviewing one of my friends to see their thoughts on Appiahs views of conversation. My friends are very opinionated and it will be interesting to see their thoughts about non judgement conversation. No debates or separation. I Also want to explore the whole is there no subject that we should talk about. How to you feel…
10/10
Changing our minds was about the fact that we can not expect someone to change their minds with a simple conversation. Deeply held beliefs are hard to change but that does not mean a conversation shouldn’t happen. ” And a good deal of what we intuitively take to be right. We take to be right because it is what we are used to.” (Appiah 52) This quote notes what he…
10/8
In both of the articles the topic of conversation is a large aspect. Appiahs entire argument is that conversations are needed to provide any meaningful change to become a better society. In running from the cut she shows us the importance to conversation. She starts speaking up about the issue, she continues to speak even though the village wouldn’t listen. She continued to speak and provide a place for conversation…
10/1
The problem in the reading I did was the thoughts that both of the people had. One of the people was a right leaning republican and the other was left leaning. This caused them to get into an us vs them mentality and would cause them to get into arguments. With them thinking that they couldn’t possibly think like the other because they were too different got them to start…
9/30
The ‘us’ vs ‘them’ is a problem in out society because we as humans end up dividing ourselves into small categories. With these divisions it makes us think about who we can trust and who we can’t. With these thoughts of ‘im not like that person’ it makes us feel that we are more then the ‘them’ part of the problem. We dont get to see that other person as…
