tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697837128689426211.post3450752141161659082..comments2008-12-11T00:58:02.000-06:00Comments on Power @ Rhodes: A Contradiction or Not?Doctor Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189506916480012553noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697837128689426211.post-90189746219742128812008-10-16T23:34:00.000-05:002008-10-16T23:34:00.000-05:00One of the main problems, it appears, is that Aren...One of the main problems, it appears, is that Arendt and James Weldon Johnson try to essentialize other races without any respect to their existence. This is a cental component to racist ideology, that everyone of a certain race is the same, or to say that they all have the same essential characteristics. Rather, existence precedes essence, as introduced by Jean Paul Sarte. It should be illogical to reduce man to a formulaic existence based on his race. In doing that, you deny an individual his freedom.Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696291539533680639noreply@blogger.com