In Audre Lorde “Age, Race, Class, and Sex”, the author talk about how society reacted and feel toward the differences types of race, class and sexuality preferences which they are against. Her point of view seems to be revelant today. Like it have been said before racism toward race and sexuality will never be completely gone. Now a days still happen in the low meaning is not as brutality has decades ago, now we try it to covered up with “everybody is equal” and by allowing ” same sex marriage”. however, society treat us diferently wether we are hispanic or black, homosexual, heterosexual and so on. In the united states there have been cases were gays have been killed becuase of their nature, the ir diferences sexuality preference.
Professor Laura Westengard
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I do agree with you to a certain degree, i don’t think people try to cover it up. It’s just basically human nature to be racist, some stronger than others. Human can’t accept difference, once a person would see a difference in you, they will always judge you upon that difference, until you change.
Sudesh, you don’t think that humans are capable of appreciating difference? People today seem disgusted with the Nazis, whose goal was to erase difference in their country. What about the appeal of variety in our culture?
Cindy, you make an important point. In a society that has made some progress toward equality, many quickly forget that oppression still exists. It is so easy for humans to get complacent and think that everything is fine as soon as a few of the most apparent injustices are addressed. This is why many activist movements fizzle out before they have achieved all of their goals.