Week 2 "Truth and Power" and "The Prison Notebook"

Week 2 "Truth and Power" and "The Prison Notebook"

These two reading really made me rethink what I’ve been taught and what I’m learning. I resonant with Gramsci’s idea that everyone is a philosopher and that it starts by communicating with one another. Some of the greatest invention come from conversations and that came from conversation between individuals. The concept of “common sense” and who gets to say that it’s common sense is something that I’m still fumbling about. From the moment that I was born, it was common sense for my parents to pierce my ears by the time I got to kindergarten. It was common sense that I had to keep my hair long and wear clothing with floras. It frustrates me to think that these “common sense” came from the privilege and the domain group. It’s not fair that the white males who came to North America gets to say that Native Americans need to be tame because they were too savage. This leads me to the next article about Truth. Who are most trusted by the people? Who has the authority? What can we, as normal citizens, do to make sure that the truth is said and is believe by everyone? How can that be possible? Why is it that someone who has money and no education background is more likely to be believed but someone who is unknown with a degree in chemistry can’t get others to listen? I think the world is use to the media for their source of information that they begin to believe what they see even if its without evidence. 

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