Thursday, February 4, 2016

Add On to My Nicholas Kristof Post

After discussion in class Tuesday February 4th about how blogging went, I realized that I left out making a connection to another text that we already discussed. I can connect this text by Nicholas Kristof to ideas that were said by Lisa Delpit. Kristof says that everyone isn't given a fair chance at making it far in life and Delpit in ways gives reasons why and backs him up. Delpit brings up the fact a lot that people are at such a disadvantage because not everyone is informed of the rules and codes of power. By Delpit saying this, she is saying that there are people who are not told what to do , how to do it, where to go and overall, how to be successful in life while there are other people who are told and can use that to become and do whatever they want to do. I relate this back to Kristof's text because his main argument is that people are not given the same opportunities as other people and that all comes down to the fact that some people know and some people don't know the rules and codes of power. For example, Kristof mentions Rick and how he could never make it in life and I relate that back to the issue of where he came from and not being told how he should go about making success. 

1 comment:

  1. Exactly. According to Delpit, the rules and codes of power are only offered to people "qualified" to hold that power That being said, Kristof adds to this point by stating that the people who are most informed about Delpit's rules and codes of power are the upper class, usually white individuals who posses the necessary lifestyles passed down from their parents success to them to go on and achieve theirs.

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