A is a country with no original culture. We are a culture made from other cultures. inhabits so many races and individuals, yet we are a society based on exclusive or binary thinking. This thought process is the root to our misfortunes and misunderstandings of each other.
Oppositional thinking, also known as binary thinking, is a thought system in which an individual uses categories for people that are different than him or her. Binary thinking encourages us to view the world in the form of dichotomy; division into two parts. When thinking exclusively, he or she categorizes "difference" as "otherness" and themselves as the "norm". This way of thinking doesn't allow that individual to acquire the knowledge of the "other". For example:.
".think about the content of history courses and how little the work of women, .
Asian Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans, gays and .
lesbians is included. By excluding or marginalizing these groups, do we not .
communicate that they have no history or that their history is less important and.
less central to the development of American culture than is the history of white.
American men?"(Anderson Hill Collins, pg.13).
The answer to that question is simple. The dominant culture of America is influenced by the "norm", which is based on the ideals of the white, middle class heterosexual male. The "norm" is based on binary thinking. The history of the dominant culture is not necessarily more important than any other history, but American society has trained its citizens to think exclusively, not knowing any better.
By thinking exclusively, he or she becomes oblivious to anything other than the "norm". This generally results in racism or discrimination. .
"What you know frames how you behave and how you think about yourself and.
others. If what you know is wrong because it is based on exclusionary thought, .
you are likely to act in exclusionary ways, thereby reproducing the racism, anti-.
Another way of thinking about binary code is to think of it in terms of electricity. ... Initially, binary code looks like a bunch of 1s and 0s. ... Bits, or binary digits, are a 1 or a 0. ... How does a computer process binary code? ... Binary code is everything, in a computer's world....
The fire in their hearts burned so bright that they wanted to play no part in belittling their emotions by the rigid laws of Utilitarian thinking. We see this represented through a character of the heart Binary, Sleary, alongside his circus. These brave people chose to live a life far from rationalist thinking, a life fully experienced; with its ups and downs. ... Of course his argument is far more complex and does not give praise to either the mind or heart binary. ... However, his strict philosophy fades after he is faced with the suffering of his children, opening his heart showing his a...
Antoinettes prolonged binary thinking of social classes and race removes the possibility of seeing herself as having ties to both the black and white populations. ... Rochester is an example of someone in society who thinks only in terms of binaries. ... Rochesters binary thinking prevents him from comprehending that other cultures have different ways and customs. ... Sadly, Antoinettes split identity is the direct result of the split opinions of binary thinking. ... In this story, binary thinking refers to thoughts coming from two very separate societies - white and black. ...
When thinking about this definition and relating it to Sherlock Holmes, it is not that hard to draw comparisons. ... In research of binary oppositions, I have learned that they play a role in deconstructing a story. ... Binary oppositions are one tool that a writer can use to influence his writing. ... Throughout the story it is easy to see how Holmes is keeping his thinking on the case to himself. ... Holmes is deconstructing all the evidence in his head but he is not telling the reader what he is thinking. ...
The binary thinking of an individual is important in shaping their identity. ... The use of such words expresses Bell's idea of binary thinking where the young women are being misled. ... Bell would agree that this is a type of binary thinking where the young women need to decide on what to choose. ... The mentioning of the problems indicates the factors that lead to the binary thinking. The fact that "the rules aren't clear" emphasizes that they need to apply binary thinking to have options. ...
In other words, school systems are pushing the binary normativity, and the gender-sex agreement of our societies with gendered dress codes. Binary genders is becoming a recurring phrase through society. This phrase stands for the male and female genders; we now are further accepting that there are non-binary genders. ... Some non-binary genders are agender, bigender, and transgender. ... On the other hand, a select few are thinking that these gendered requirements are limiting and uncomfortable. ...
In "Revelation," O'Connor used a great device of binary opposites through the linking of opposites -- two levels of meaning, two viewpoints, two irreconcilable conclusions. ... There are great uses of binary opposites in this story: Mrs. Turpin thinking that she's the only moral one, and the others are not (immoral), distinct made by Mrs. ... There is no indication in the story that she discriminated or said harsh words to anyone, all she did were thinking those in her head. ... We have to realize that "thinking outside of a box" is not easy. ...
Integrative thinking is about testing and expanding our own "lens" (or "reality-model", as Martin calls it) by comparing and contrasting it with the lenses of the people around us, constantly seeking new, better alternatives to all. ... An example of his quote: "Integrative thinking shows us a way past the binary limits of either-or. ... Integrative thinking affords us, in the words of the poet Wallace Stevens, 'the choice not between, but of.... In the second half of the book, Martin outlines how to develop integrative thinking capabilities. ... Throughout...
