Covering: New Civil Rights
Uncovering Covering
Kenji Yoshino’s “A New Civil Rights” is a captivating passage, which unveils his theory on how to completely abolish all unnecessary forms of assimilation and discrimination. Throughout his essay, Yoshino encourages society to move away from dehumanizing stereotypes, and to employ the New Civil Rights. Unlike the Civil Rights that exist currently, his new theory would not protect individual groups but rather humanity as a whole. For instance, in the 60s when the Civil Rights movement occurred it protected a single racial group, rather than everyone. This is what Yoshino means when he says we must utilize the liberty paradigm, not the equality paradigm. Covering is defined as suppressing one’s true and disfavored identity to blend in with the majority population (Yoshino 479). Yoshino’s main argument is that it is not up to the law entirely, but rather all of society, to enact the New Civil Rights. Marshall Poe’s “The Hive” does just that and takes this theory a step further. He discusses how technology, specifically the internet, plays a tremendous role in our everyday lives. He goes in depth explaining Wikipedia and how society, rather than experts, chooses the articles on the site in one collaborative effort. Alfred Weaver and Benjamin Morrison also go more in depth on this subject describing the connection between social networking and how it offers a new opportunity for collaboration. This collaborative effort encourages society as a whole to communicate, determine what’s right or wrong through debate, and discuss important, and controversial topics. This can be easily correlated to the creation of the new civil rights movement. To make it even remotely feasible to accomplish the new civil rights, it is vital to discern that several other aspects of our society that must change. To efficiently expedite the New Civil Rights, the aspects of society that must change are small communities, schools, politics, and the internet.
The environment
Kenji Yoshino’s “A New Civil Rights” is a captivating passage, which unveils his theory on how to completely abolish all unnecessary forms of assimilation and discrimination. Throughout his essay, Yoshino encourages society to move away from dehumanizing stereotypes, and to employ the New Civil Rights. Unlike the Civil Rights that exist currently, his new theory would not protect individual groups but rather humanity as a whole. For instance, in the 60s when the Civil Rights movement occurred it protected a single racial group, rather than everyone. This is what Yoshino means when he says we must utilize the liberty paradigm, not the equality paradigm. Covering is defined as suppressing one’s true and disfavored identity to blend in with the majority population (Yoshino 479). Yoshino’s main argument is that it is not up to the law entirely, but rather all of society, to enact the New Civil Rights. Marshall Poe’s “The Hive” does just that and takes this theory a step further. He discusses how technology, specifically the internet, plays a tremendous role in our everyday lives. He goes in depth explaining Wikipedia and how society, rather than experts, chooses the articles on the site in one collaborative effort. Alfred Weaver and Benjamin Morrison also go more in depth on this subject describing the connection between social networking and how it offers a new opportunity for collaboration. This collaborative effort encourages society as a whole to communicate, determine what’s right or wrong through debate, and discuss important, and controversial topics. This can be easily correlated to the creation of the new civil rights movement. To make it even remotely feasible to accomplish the new civil rights, it is vital to discern that several other aspects of our society that must change. To efficiently expedite the New Civil Rights, the aspects of society that must change are small communities, schools, politics, and the internet.
The environment
Cited: Weaver, Alfred, and Benjamin Morrison. "Social Networking." Social Networking. 41.2 (2008): 97-100. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. Yoshino, Kenji. “Preface.” Emerging a Reader. Ed. Barclay Barrios. Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s, 2007. 479-481. Print. Yoshino, Kenji. “The New Civil Rights.” Emerging a Reader. Ed. Barclay Barrios. Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martin’s, 2007. 481-488. Print.