The Big Uneasy

This article reminds me of Ta’Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me because it draws from many complex issues that are or have been occurring within the past decade as far as social justice inc concerned. One thing that Heller notes as important are the recollection of times this up and coming wave of professionals have encountered. The kind of country that this particular age group has developed in he says has a high activist agenda. The groups of young woman and men we are watching take office now have been raised during tense times and have sharp conservative perspectives because of them. Coates wrote Between the World and Me as a letter addressing his young son to warn him of all the trouble this country has and will cause to a young Black man trying to make a name for himself. This seems similar to many First-Gen, minority, low-income, or underrepresented students around the country who are coerced into these university systems but still constantly have to bare the pressure of all of the other larger systems that we find ourselves belonging to because of our social status. As we step further and further into our adulthood and closer to the practices that elicit opportunity we are understanding that unfortunately the structures that rule the ‘real world’ remain unchanged, they just transpire on a more discrete level. Older generations might mark us as oversensitive yet we see it as a fight that we did not choose to take part in. Within the generation that is currently blossoming are various new identities and ideals that are unconcerned about the feuds and tensions of the past, it is frustrating to have to continue cleaning up when we do not feel associated with these evils. We are much more concerned with innovation and creation especially while we have all kinds of readily available technology and networks that were unavailable before.

Author: Anthony

From various entry level positions in multiple industries, a quick upbringing and an inspiring collection of mentors and colleagues during my time here at the University of Delaware, I have consciously developed my work ethic and character to manifest sharp transferrable skills and proactive customs. View all posts by Anthony