For leftists, it’s that we must be aware of our differences, lest we forget them and then succumb to things like racial blindness. While this has merit, no doubt, it seems fundamentally misguided to me, although the intentions are good. Once we get to the point in which each person’s differences from someone else are their sole identifying factors, we lose sight of our collective consciousness, preferring only to interact with our own, and reenacting the same malicious maneouvers against those who question our differences as those who want so badly to enforce them. This is all bit jumbled, but essentially the point I’m trying to make is: don’t lose sight of the common objective of humanity! To me, that is the fundamental message Anzaldúa is prescribing here, and Bergson, Dewey, and James before her. It sounds so hippy-ish! Perhaps since this idea is intertwined with many sensitive and topical issues of today, it could be something we further pursue in class
For leftists, it’s that we must be aware of our differences, lest we forget them and then succumb to things like racial blindness. While this has merit, no doubt, it seems fundamentally misguided to me, although the intentions are good. Once we get to the point in which each person’s differences from someone else are their sole identifying factors, we lose sight of our collective consciousness, preferring only to interact with our own, and reenacting the same malicious maneouvers against those who question our differences as those who want so badly to enforce them. This is all bit jumbled, but essentially the point I’m trying to make is: don’t lose sight of the common objective of humanity! To me, that is the fundamental message Anzaldúa is prescribing here, and Bergson, Dewey, and James before her. It sounds so hippy-ish! Perhaps since this idea is intertwined with many sensitive and topical issues of today, it could be something we further pursue in class