3/29/09

"White people are unnatural. As a race they are unnatural. And it takes a strong effort of the will to overcome an unnatural enemy"(Morrison 156).

I am going to divide Guitar's statement hear into to parts. The first two sentences are one idea, and the last sentence is another.
The second idea I believe is very true. Throughout history the most heartless and ruthless have been the most difficult to overcome. The Mongols, white men to Indians and Africans, Hitler, and Stalin. How do you fight someone who lacks human nature. They dehumanize their enemies through various means to lessen the mental burden on themselves for their actions. Once they have done this, they become invincible to themselves. They don't feel remorse. They never stop and think, "is this wrong?" So the reasons the enemies have become unnatural is because they don't have to fight themselves just their enemies allowing more energy to go to destroying their enemies. So to combat this extra energy they have, the good have to focus all of their will power to combat this enemy.
Even though I believe his ideals when approaching unnatural enemies, I have to differ with him on how how he views the white race. My reasons for disagreement do not stem from the fact that I am white, rather that I am human. As humans I believe that we should look for the best in each other, and condemning a whole race as unnatural is ridiculous. Guitar tries to generalize the whole race on actions of a few that do commit inhumane acts. Having this kind of pessimistic view will prevent him from ever accepting anything that comes from a white man. At the time that may seem fine, but eventually he will need to realize that white people are there and that some are willing to help. What it really boils down to is what Gandhi said: "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." If Guitar wants to trade punches with the with the white people he won't accomplish anything except for making himself an unnatural killer.