Race And Repentance In America Analysis

Racism has long been present in society. Since the beginning there has always been the inferior and the superior. Marianne Williamson wrote an article call “Race and Repentance in America.” Throughout her article she took an absolutist standpoint, in which she clearly points out that racism was wrong, is wrong, and will always be wrong. She believes that something needs to be done to make up for what was done.

Plato was a Greek philosopher and the man who is responsible for absolute truth. He believes in an absolute right and an absolute wrong. That means that there is no justification or circumstance that would make an absolute right wrong or an absolute wrong right. This coincides with Williamson’s take on racism. Other philosophers had different

Contrasting both ideas is Aristotle. He does not agree with absolute right and wrong. He believes that there are times when things are justified and times when they are not. He said that it is up to the individual to figure out what is right. He also clearly thinks that there is a right and that there is a wrong. Although, Marianne only really approaches this in an absolutist way, it is important to understand how other people may view racism and issues of that nature.

Racism is an extremely touchy subject and can cause a lot of emotions to be brought forth. She states in her article that racism is rooted in our history and that there is no way to deal with racism today if we do not address racism present throughout history. Whether that racism has physical or emotional effects, Marianne Williamson strongly believes that it needs to be dealt with. There are steps that America has taken throughout history; however, they have not fully dealt with the actual problem. There are times in history when steps were taken in the right direction to end slavery and march on with the fight for equality. The emancipation proclamation was signed, which freed those who