Anywhere in the U.S., you will find that the underpaid, under-benefited jobs are saturated with people of color. Never mind the reasons behind white people being offered the higher-paying and often less physically strenuous positions; the more controllable concern stems from the places where passersby are falling short. The unreasonable expectations placed on workers, particularly workers of color, by the users of their services make it clear that we engage in the receiving of care by service workers in an entitled manner.
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Reflecting on the Philosophy of Consciousness in the Context of Embodiment
The concept of consciousness and individuality has always been of great interest to me. The idea that every individual is experiencing something utterly unique in every moment goes beyond what I believe we can adequately perceive or understand as humans; it is like the concept of infinity. In a way, we’ll never know if everyone around us experiences things consciously or exists in the way we do, because when it comes down to it, our world is how we perceive it on an entirely individual level. I have thought that it is interesting to approach the subject of the human experience in an objective way, because this seems like a paradox to me. The idea of the “human experience” is directly linked to our humanity and therefore identity, so I wonder then how it can be examined in an objective way when the idea of experience is entirely subjective in it’s own right.
If we assume that an “experience” is a conscious thing, and then that our consciousness is shaped by our identity and individuality, then experience by nature cannot be examined objectively. Because we ourselves are conscious beings we cannot strip ourselves of subjectivity because it is exactly that that makes us who we are and constructs our very thought. We are, in a way, burdened by our consciousness and thought, but then again this is in essence our humanity. Therefore if we dismiss this notion of objective examination and embrace our consciousness and the effect of our identity, we can discover new ways to address experience and accept this examination as a subjective thing.
