Food Zheng – Reflection 4

In the readings we do this week, we talk about Johnson’s “patriarchy the system”, where In the reading we do this week, we talk about Johnson’s “patriarchy the system”, where we can understand how many times we blame society for every bad thing or every injustice that happens when we ourselves were what gave him the right to society to do this. I’m not saying that we created society, we are society, but many times we do not agree with the regulations that it violates, as well as indirectly contributing to this injustice. The fact that there are times when people, due to their own system of defense mechanisms, do not interfere in an unfair situation of others, makes us part of the problem also because if we have even a little power to end the injustice, why not? we did it?. Similarly, we read of Audre Lorde in “There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions”, where she talks about how identities and their aspects can be a very complex topic for each person. We saw how she is trying to give that encouragement to anyone who feels insecure, through her own experiences. I really admired the fact that she gets in the way, and talks about how the system criticizes any different person now but she emphasizes how after she is finished (or in general anyone) can destroy the person who supported. Many times we let ourselves be guided by what the system has for us, we get used to classify ourselves by everything that happens to us, we want and even what we like, that we did not realize what we should really focus on or who we should protect . That is why in the past, many people suffered trying to hide their true selves.

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