BLOG 2: The Allegory of the Cave

In life there were certain situations in which people chose to live their lives like the characters in “The Allegory of the Cave”.  A specific situation in time where this is exemplified is the period of Civil rights in America.  I say this because Caucasian people at the time were ignorant to the fact that African Americans are not sub-standard to Caucasian people at the time.  The real illusion was ignorance, this ignorance kept the people at that time from capitalizing on relationships that could have been made in America at that time.  People were really blinded by the fact that they were two different colors, and never let any other similarities shine through their ignorance.  Racism was fueled by lots of other things besides ignorance as well.  People often times back then would impose their racial hatreds on their children which would in turn produce a new generation to further fuel the fire.  Now I don’t think the children are to at fault for this, but when they do get of age to decipher the information for them should at that time be able to make a formidable decision.

                Racial ignorance was a major part of the American world back in that time period.  Racism shaped the world into what it is now the positive and the negative aspects of it.   It’s caused wars over voting rights, it has separated families, and it has been the death of many innocent people for profit and pure hatred.  Racism has been in this world since the beginning of time due to the automatic visual differences that humans perceive.  Racism also caused slavery which we saw was basically legalized human trafficking that also was very detrimental to society.  It causes hatred and animosity towards everyone who’s different.  People back then chose to be oblivious to the feelings and actualities of the situation.

                These people chose to live in the dark and some were given the opportunity to open there eyes and they did.  Which brought about an understanding that we are not really all that different after all, but it wasn’t an overnight enlightenment but the overall goal was somewhat achieved because racism is still live and in full effect but not to the extreme point in which it lived back then.  So in conclusion I think most people were allowed to see the light and it changed them but some people are still bound by the chains of ignorance.