“The Whole Story”
Introduction
I’ve been living in this world for 18 years, and if there is one thing that I can speak to, it is definitely the effect change has on the people.
In stating that, it also follows that one must not allow for the external to dictate or exert a profound impact on how they approach and progress through life. For if one fails in this regard, they are in danger of constant conformity, never fulfilling one’s true identity, and never achieving satisfaction.
This will be demonstrated through the experiences of several people of varying labels: common figure (myself currently), historical figures (Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X), and pop culture figures (Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa and Michael B. Jordan’s Killmonger). To be even more specific, how the masses render them in a negative light and the success that they have.
Further Introductory Elaboration
To be more specific, the neighborhood, the community, the society, and the world will always have its instruments of influence. These “instruments” are, of course, the ideas, customs, actions, tendencies, and memories that are created and utilized at given times. The “influence” is the general consideration of facets of identity. These facets are things like race (what it means to be black), leadership (what it means to be a leader), the expectations and standards (or double standard(s) for some people) to which one is held to, and identity (the personality traits that one has and what it means to be them).
The reason why one must abstain from reliance of the mass groups is because these change on a person to person, case by case, and day to day basis. Essentially, the identity of which the masses bestow upon one is premature, but also subject to change and influence. The community, its instruments, and the impact that it has on people are very comparable to an economy that’s experiencing high and variable rates of inflation; investing in just about anything creates a risk for the investor.
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