White Male Power vs the Other Essay -- Race, The Power of an Illusion

AbstractThomas Kings story, Youll Never Believe What Happened Is ceaselessly a Great Way To Start, Race, Class and Gender in Asian America by Yen Le Espiritu and Zebra Growing up calamitous and White in Canada by Lawrence Hill all illustrate how people of minority deal with their intersectionality of gender, race and ethnicity and their limitations that the dominant political theory of the west puts on them. foundingSince the beginning of time stories were a major influence in the ways generations would pass down knowledge to the younger generations. The power of stories and storytelling teaches individuals valuable lessons and good ethical motive that help mold them into reasonable citizens. In western society children be exposed to stories since childhood whether it is through parents telling their child a story, children over tryout people talk about a story or physically reading a story themselves. Once individuals are exposed to a story, they can buoy never take back th e knowledge and the information they have gained. In addition, what story you read or hear and what the storytellers intersectionality and bias are influences how you as an individual look at the world. The power of storytelling allows people of minority the other to educate while bringing more awareness in variety in their intersectionality of gender, race, and ethnicity as it is becoming a norm that the dominant ideology of the west decides to ignore, as it benefits them. Therefore, intersectionality in western society limits individuals of minority, as the dominant ideology of the west shows a flannel man having the power over all individuals. As the only way western society is capable in allowing their citizens mount potentational to grow is to under... ...nicity and race are different they are all really interconnected together and face discrimination against the same source that is the dominant ideology of the west. The knowledge we acquire through the authors experienc es makes the reader really think about the subject but in the end each individual chooses to do what they expect with that knowledge and one can either follow in the steps of the power of the dominant ideology of the west or people can withstand up for what they believe in and become activists so that future generations will not become a stereotype that the dominant ideology of the west negatively affects them. Works CitedEspiritu,Yen Le. Race,Class&Gender in Asian america. In Making Waves New writing by Asian American Women.Hill,Lawrence, Zebra growing up black and white in canadaKing,Thoma, Youll never belive what happebned