Our culture today is based on systematic ideologies. Everything is a system. During colonialization patriarichal reason and logic grew rapidly along with industrialism and commercialism. Within these companies grew a systematic hierarchy that resonated through daily living, creating a system therefore among people. In order to have a system it is essential to oppress and subjegate in order to have a top and a bottom. Patriarchy created aversaries amongst women, people of color, and everyone else that strayed from their normal straight, white, successful male in order to have a system. Unfortunatly this certain ideology still has its barrings on our society still. In "On Beauty" by Zadie Smith we see a culture that represents this deeply engrained notion on normality and what it means to be in the American culture. From the earlier creation of systemizing as a way of living, we see systems in everything we do within our culture. For instance, the subject of the Academic world is presented in "On Beauty", describing the culture wars within the University. On one side, the right side, we see a systematic hierarchy based on the genius, the levels of intellect, and the importance of the individual. Where the ellitist minds occupy, where the intellect feasts, and where language is a way to exhibit smartness. On the other side, the left side, we see a broader and more accepting view of the person, incorporating race, gender, and sexuality. This left side is a way to turn from the systematic right side, and its opposition has created a dychotomy of truths within the University.
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