” My first claim is that public discourse about racial groups and their relative status generates a field of racial positions in a given time and place” pg. 106
I think this quote is important to look at because it dives deep into how ideas about race can be transmitted. We, as humans, can listen or talk to others and have the ability to change their views on topics or learn more about something and become a firm believer of it. Ideas about race are usually passed on from your parents or learning about those subjects from your friends and the internet. Lets say there are two scenarios. First, a mother is telling her child about how people should be judged by their actions and not by the color of their skin. Second, a mother is telling her child about the way certain races are and how they cannot be trusted. More than likely, the child is going to listen to her mother and have the same perception about whatever she remembers hearing until she is old enough to think independently and make her own choices. This is a clear representation of how public conversation regarding race influences other peoples’ ideas about race.
Your thoughts on how racial ideologies are passed down was very well written. I find that this phenomena is very common even in my own family where members of the older generation both knowingly and unknowingly pass down hidden bias of their own. If this isn’t stopped, racism and its counterparts will continue to exist generation over generation. Overall, very good analysis, and an enjoyable read.
That’s a good point you bring up Vlad. The way we think and act stems from how we were raised and what we were told growing up. Therefore, I think we as individuals should be open to hearing what other people have to say in order for us to gain a better understanding of what is truly going on.
I like the quote that you mentioned as you brought in how race typically is a thought that was passed down fro our parents. This happened in my own life as I had to explain it to my mom as it was also the same for my other friends as we were told to judge people not based off color, but on who they are as a human being.