analytic essay 3

How does our perception of social inequalities affect our ability to challenge the status quo?

Jia Tolentino,“AlwaysBeOptimizing”

Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The First White President”

Daniel Gilbert, “Immune to Reality”

• Gilbert argues that “people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing” (143).
• Tolentino argues that “most women believe themselves to be independent thinkers” (65). Given this, how might women’s perception of their everyday actions/decisions affect their ability to challenge the status quo?
• Coates argues that “escapism” is the motive behind “Trump’s presidency being pawned off as a product of the white working class as opposed to a product of an entire whiteness…” (78). How might the perceptions politicians and journalists have on racism in America affect their/our ability to fight for equality?