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Michael Parenti's Concept Of The Sambo

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This academic quarter has taught me more about viewing and understanding the identity, history, and culture of the United States through specific keywords. These terms were intended for us to see past the simple black and white use of the word, but how it connects to suppression or reformation within the United States. I decided to focus on two specific terms that I believe have had a strong presence in the United States: the “sambo” and gender. When first writing about the concept of a “sambo,” I really did not develop my idea all the way because within my original blog my TA pointed out I had this idea that needed to be improve. Now through this writing process the concept of the “sambo” has a different meaning and notion that I ignored the …show more content…

Michael Parenti’s essay, “Institutions and Ideologies,” demonstrates how these ideologies are literally “a way of life, a glorification” (557). Parenti is trying to convey how over time these ideologies become a natural routine to us. With this routine of ideologies, it becomes glorifying since we continue to practice and live hegemonic ideals. Parenti discusses how ideologies are socially constructed and implemented, and how these social practices become a form of living. This has turned to repetitive living and demonstrate how these ideologies have been used to justify why certain groups are treated this way because the majority view this a way to ensure that they will always maintain control in society. A group wanting to challenge this hierarchy of living will force the privilege to go to any lengths for this “hierarchy’s preservation and hostile toward demands for more equitable social order” (557). This explicitly details how the privilege are trying to be maintain this hierarchy from being reformed and altered. In the event that is does they have to take action because if not this ideology that they live by will be changed. If change is successful, it can lead to the construction of new ideas that see another group more dominate than the other. These ideologies can have an influence within institutions especially those of high power such as universities, government, and media. These ideologies influence the decision making of these institutions allowing for these institutions to suppress the voices of many seeking reform to the ideologies being oppressed within their daily

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