Class Discussion: Who is an object?

According to Fanon, “I came into the world imbued with the will to find a meaning in things, my spirit filled with the desire to attain to the source of the world, and then i found that I was an object in the midst of  other objects.” (1999, 421)  Whilst this quote  is regarding the black man as seen through the eyes of the white man, I truly believe that in this day and age, many cultures and ethnicities can claim this quote as a refection of their place in society.

Everyone has been an object of a subject.  IF you are black, you are a criminal, an Arab is a terrorist, a Mexican must be illegal, a White man must be a racist and so on…  We collectively become objects, classified, separated and locked into boxes with titles.

As a society,we have over analysed each other to death.  We have come to the point where we can’t see each other as humans but as an analysed book and according to the book, this is how I should feel.  Although this process has enlightened many, I feel as though it has sort of distorted our perceptions, because before we perceive and come up with our own judgements, we are consciously or unconsciously exposed to misconceptions whether through the media, print or digital.  Therefore, one has to try to sieve through the information and decide what is truly your own perception of things without the manipulation of what we may have heard, read or seen.