In the conventional human society, there are issues of
diversity and variations in the demographical features of human beings. It is
to say that there are innate characteristics that are unique to one group of
people but completely different in another group. Some of the demographical
include race, gender, ethnicity, religion or political affiliations, and
leanings. It is imperative to note and mention that in as much as some of these
features were created by human beings, some are purely biological and permanent. For instance, it is practically impossible
for a person to change or alter their racial features and characteristics
because the physiological aspects of one’s race are innate or inborn. In the
same line of thought and argument, there are certain stereotypes and
misconceptions that are associated with people of the particular race or
persons. A practical or common
stereotype and misconception are that the people of color are aggressive,
physical, tough and utterly offensive. In essence, the stereotype has been put
forth by the advent of the social media and the movies, from the entertainment
industry. The net effect is that the general society would be skewed to believe
that the portrayals of the mainstream media are accurate and true. However, the
reality might be different from what is common to the public as a popular view.
Intuitively, it is imperative and critical to note and record that there are
some historical truths and perspectives that have to be considered and
contextualized. People of color have had
a difficult historical times that bordered on slavery and racial
discrimination. Thus, it has been a fair postulation to reason that the human
society has skewed some level of unfairness in the people of color. In
retrospect, one would be safe to assume and subsequently assert that the
people, of color, have had strained relationship with other races. Accordingly,
this argument would explore the tenets and aspects of racial relations
regarding the unfair treatment and portrayal of people of color relative to
people of other races.
To begin with, the
overall mood and tone of the poem seek to paint a picture of an unfair racial
segregation and some sense of unfairness. This could be denoted from the choice
of words that the writer of the poem has used to refer to a person of color. In
all aspects and fairness, one would be excused to mention that some of those
words portray a weak demeanor and lack of respect for the people in reference.
A practical case and instance are the first line of the poem where the words…â€
with careless poseâ€â€¦depict a person who lacks grace or class. The net effect of
this description is that the people of color lack in candor, style, civility
and are to an extent unable to ooze out fashion. Also, the feeling and logic of
the line are that the people of color are uncivilized and have zero tolerance
for the style of any form of taste. Conventionally, the way and manner through
which a person uses to pose form the first impression as an outward sign of the
culture of the person in question. Thus, the argument that one is careless in
pose seeks to explain the fact that inward personality of the person would be
careless and unmeasured or uncivilized. In the ordinary sense, all people of
all races ought to be regarded equally with the same regard of respect,
decorum, and candor. However, when writers and the general society seems to
have a weak or negatively skewed view of people of color against others, it
smacks of bad faith and unfair portrayals. Intuitively, one would question
whether or not people of other races would be referred to in the same fashion
and aspect. Therefore, the essence of this argument is that the people of color
have been demeaned and disgraced by such reference, to the effect that they are
classless and lack in style by extension.
Conventionally,
the poem records that there is a difference in the way the races view one
another sine there is a deep sense of acrimony amongst the races. It is to say
that the people of all the races are not at peace or friendly with one another
for one justifiable reason or another. This is seen in the fifth line…â€Her
blood is mingled with her ancient foesâ€â€¦ seeks to highlight the long-standing
acrimony and standing dispute between the different races. The term foe in the
ordinary and common aspect refers to a person who is not friendly or not an
acquaintance. Thus, the blanket description that a person would be a foe brings
to light the reasoning and argument that there must have existed some form of
racial feuds and bad blood between the various races. Historically, the people
of color have experienced painful episodes of exploitation, colonization and
overall domination at the hands of the whites or other races by extension.
Accordingly, it would be justifiable if the people of color, for instance,
would have some hard feelings or any urge for vengeance against the other
races. Essentially, the reference and meaning that there was some feud in the
ancient times of historical spheres highlight the argument of fear or lack of
friendliness. One arguable point and the assumption would be that people of one
race must have inflicted some form of pain or intrusion against the other races
for there to be a rivalry. Similarly, the reference that the feud or rivalry
happened in the ancient or past refers to the likelihood that the infringement,
pain or intrusion is long standing or has transcended the test of time.
Tentatively, one would justify some of the publicly known forms and cases of
racial abuse and discrimination such as slavery, colonization, imperialism or
any other form of racial domination that affected one race while upholding the
dignity and class of the other.
Also, the human
society has experienced episodes and times of battles where people of one race
attacked or maimed other for one reason or another. The irreducible minimum is
that there must have been some sort of resistance, rebellion and armed struggle
from all the sides of the racial divide, notwithstanding the offensive side.
After some time, it would be imminent on the part of the generations of a race
to develop aggression, resilience and thrill to go through the war. Thus, one
generation would pass to the next the spectrum of battle thrill so that they
would expect such things such as wars or have the strength to go through with
them. It is to say that the generations of posterity would have some innate
thrill associated with such racial conflicts. It may not matter that one was
not present at the time of the battle or the struggles; it would suffice that
one would be born with innate feeling and disposition about the war. This
argument and position are supported by the sixth line of the poem…â€And thrills
with war and wildness in her veinsâ€â€¦.that stipulates that the people born in
future and subsequent generations would have some veins in them to prepare them
for racial feuds and other associated conflicts. The same argument about
national freedom and racial emancipation is embedded in the tenth line…â€The
latest promise of her nation's doom,â€â€¦where a generation of people seeks to
redeem their nation or motherland. It goes without saying that the people of
one race live in the same geographical area such as country. Thus, their
endeavors to redeem their nationhood must encompass their struggles to protect their
sovereignty against foreign races or elements. In a nutshell, the people of one
race occupying a given geographical location say a nation have purposed to
protect their racial identity and national heritage by extension.
In conclusion, the
argument above has pointed to the direction that the human society posits
elements of racial separations and strained relations by extension. The
argument of this paper is inclined that the people of color are treated with a
relatively lower form of reverence as compared to the people of other races.
For instance, the introductory lines highlight the lack of class and decorum on
the part of one race due to the meanly skewed descriptions regarding that race.
In the same line of thought and reasoning, one would draw parallels and
meanings from the historical realities that have long affected the different
races so as to arrive at an informed conclusion. Intuitively, the mood and tone
of the poem have introduced the instances of acrimony, hatred, and conflict
between the different races of the human society. Racial relations and conflicts in the Human Society
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