Brandon's "Who Am I?" Assignment

Beverly Daniel Tatum is the president of Spelman College. She is an African-American writer who is concerned about the world’s identity. She focuses on race and racism when she writes in her books and teachings. Tatum is also known for writing the book “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Daniel Tatum is an intelligent African American woman who  is concerned about racial identity.

The looking glass self is multidimensional, it’s the all around reflection of you. Examples of the 'looking glass self" is being poor, gay, lesbian, Chinese, Christian, or one's gender. Tatum said”the image reflected by others is similar to the image within". When others say something about you, that's them looking at you as if they were a mirror.

The social context is the setting of people you’re surrounded by. It's also what happens in the society around you. Who did you surround yourself by when you were younger? What type of sports do you like? What languages do you speak? These are some questions that explain social context in this short story "Who Am I?” She refers to human behavior and the identity of today's world.

The dominant groups have the greatest influence in determining the structure of the society. They assign roles to the subordinate groups (incapable of performing the preferred roles) that reflect their devalued status. This means they reserve the most highly valued roles in the society for themselves. They tell jokes that criticize a particular group. They don't like to be reminded of the existence of inequality, they feel like their above others. Mainly the dominate group does not  know the experiences of the subordinates. The subordinate’s simple principle is to "pay attention to those who control their outcomes." So be aware of how you behave around people in authority because it can affect your future. The subordinate’s key is to focus on survival. Avoiding the rage from the dominant group is important to survival. The history of subordinate groups is filled with troublemakers. Each subordinate group has their own relationship with oppression. Their relationship revolves around racism, sexism, classicism, and ageism. These factors determine how one's attitude and perception of life will be affected.