I remember who the idiot I was talking about was, thanks to Prof. Theoharis. Aristotle was the dude who said that humans have to live together and create a society in order to survive efficiently. When people work together, it's easier to create a better environment for the collective, but it's harder to cater to the minorities. So majority overrules, and too bad for the rest of em. I don't mean to sound like a sore loser, but to hell with that. People can do what they freakin' want to. If the loner wants to be alone, leave the fellow alone. If the loner isn't alone by choice, tough, the dude's got make what he wants happen.
It's not necessarily always every man for himself. But it's not every man for every other person who falls into the same particular category. Why should we constantly have to 'represent our people'? That's just creating a fake stereotype. You do what you want. If a bunch of brown people happen to have the same habits, so be it. But why should one try to do something for the purpose of creating a reflection about others. Fake statistics are what bring about stereotypes in the first place. And the people who were whining about representing each other in the first place end up being the same people who whine about stereotypes. Don't blame the judges. We don't live to represent others that we have traits in common with. That just creates a mass. That's the mob theory. When people join together based on what they have in common, they are forced to assimilate what they don't have in common into the most common norm as well.
That's bullshit.
You're given an identity. And that's your responsibility. What you do with your facilities is what you represent.
... Crap, I have a journalism paper to write.
Monday, September 24, 2007
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