What Roles Can Create Change?
By: The Central News Network (Charlie Frenzel)
Every human life on earth holds a role in society, many of the roles may seem unimportant or unneeded but each and every role has the free will to conduct change, they may not be able to create much change, but their existence will cause everything to play out accordingly to how to effect it, everyone has the power to affect the outcome of something, no matter how big or how small. However there is an issue with people discriminating against those who they feel don't serve an important role, and that their actions of change are unneeded and will only hurt the anticipated outcomes of those who discriminate. Most people find their role from where they come from, some are given the choice to play whichever role they choose if they work hard, and others are forced into roles because of their poor starting hand. However, those who are discriminated against and are being told that they do not play a necessary role tend to come together which each other. “They were bound because they suffered under the weight of the Dream, and they were bound by all the beautiful things, all the language and mannerisms, all the food and music,” (BTW&M). These people found commonalities in each other, and realized each other’s suffering, they realized they are stronger together and that they needed to create change, One of them may can only create small amounts of change, but with an entire community all those small changes can create bigger change, guiding them on a path to equality.
Since some human beings are seen as pawns in the chess game of life on earth, they are forced to act a particular way in order to avoid uneasy, and or life threatening situations that that those who discriminate put them in when they feel offended or feel as if those who they discriminate should be put in there place. Ta’Nehisi Coates describes this in his book Between the World and Me when he says “I make no sudden moves. Disembodiment,”. (114). Those discriminated against are forced to play by the rules of the of those who choose their role, and are able to constitute more change. They have to take into account that what they say may not have the same weight as what a person who got to choose their role, and can create change far more effectively and wide spread. Most importantly however were the repercussions of falling out of line. Ta’Nehisi Coates also explains this when he says in his book Between the World and Me “but oh, my eyes. When I was a boy, no portion of my body suffered more than my eyes,” pg (116). Coates is explaining the visual terror he experienced as a child living with a role he was born into and witnessing those who we seen as falling out of place punished brutally. Witnessing horror, and suffering creates fear especially in a child, they will never forget the tragic events they witnessed and they will carry the pain they feel forever, slowly pushing themselves to act out in anger against their oppositions.
These feelings of superiority, fear, and suffering are nowhere close to coming to an end. Even today we still see stories every day regarding discrimination and racism towards those who were born into a role they cannot succeed in. In a news article by the New York Times titled “I got tired of hunting black and Hispanic people,” New York police admit to being told that they should leave White and Asians alone, and to target blacks and Hispanics. This proves that there are people who discriminate harshly and use their role to create change in their favor that is obviously against a specific group. This is a significant problem, mostly because this shows that in many cases African Americans and Latin Americans should not even trust those who are supposed to protect them. They are not being treated equally and it is because their role in society is being seen as lesser and unneeded compared to those who were able to choose their role and create change as they chose.
