The Blog of Nick

Honestly, the essay by Archana Mehta didn’t do much for me. I thought that she jumped around a lot, and after I finished reading it, I still didn’t know what kind of point she was trying to make. Maybe I just suck at reading. However, I thought that her inclusion of “queer theory� in the article was truly intriguing because I had never heard of “queer theory� before. I had always thought that queer was a derogatory term for homosexuals. I didn’t know that it was a theory that essentially encompasses all different types of sexualities, and I think that it’s a brilliant idea. Referring to all sexualities as queer would probably eliminate all stereotypes, and the world would be a much more accepting, and loving place. Nonetheless, queer theory seems idealistic, and utopian to me. American’s love labels; we literally label everything. We even have a term for straight men who dress fashionably: metro-sexual. I can’t fathom as to how people could accept a single, universal label after hundreds of years of using terms like homosexual, and heterosexual.
I thought that Kate Nelson’s article was largely ineffective because I was immediately offended by her audacity, and arrogance. What gives her the right to call everyone who reads her article a racist? Is she some all-knowing, omnipotent being? Anyways, I did agree with some of the points that she made. I definitely agree that everyone has prejudices; I know I do, and all of my friends do. I also agree that racism can’t be erased because color is so deeply engrained in our minds, and racism is conveyed through many mediums such as television, movies, and even books: the bell curve. I don’t even know if that’s the actually name of the book, but I know that it’s completely unfounded. Also, I felt like this lady was trying to hypnotize me, or guide me through a meditation: “We can, however, acknowledge that those thoughts cross our minds and control the ways we act on them.� Okay, Buddha.