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One
of the important things that has stuck with me throughout this past month was
the amount of social issues covered that need to be understood and
changed. When we read the piece by Audre
Lorde about how true social reform often must come from a place of anger I began
to sympathize with movements like Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and those
refugees in Europe that are battling for a place to live and for their own
safety. Right wing media demonizes these
movements because of their tendencies for violence to follow in their wake but
without that wave of actions that may be seen as unacceptable the oppressing
groups would never notice the issues and how they are marginalizing their
identities. One of the things that we
discussed in class this month that relates to this is when we discussed
feminist origins and ideologies and how they are critical for communication
discourse. Women are oppressed so
heavily by men in the west and the male focused patriarchal society won’t
change to be truly even and neutral unless women act out of anger and prove to
men who don’t recognize the validity of their arguments. The ‘alt-right’ has
proved that by acting in a malicious and vindictive manner you can gain notoriety
and a place at the table and end up with political outcomes that validate your
argument. Faces like Milo Yiannopouls and
his outrageous beliefs and social media persona have shown that Audre Lorde is
right in her beliefs that socially unacceptable behavior can make the change
passive discourse and social disobedience have lost the power to do. I watched ‘Get
Out’ over spring break and it too has examples of the importance of violence in
protecting oneself and one’s identity. The subtle racism and microaggressions
marginalized the main character Chris until the white people were fully able to
control him and *Spoiler* enslave him. He must respond with violence to protect
himself and in doing so protect all black men from the racism and malevolence
of the white people in the movie.
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