Socrates studied scientific theories that led him to construct the principle which states that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” We were put on this Earth as human beings with not only a body, but also a mind that is meant to question our existence. I agree with Socrates and believe that in order to be a part of this Earth; we have to ask ourselves the purpose of our existence. Everyone has a path that they create for themselves in life, whether it is a positive or negative one. Every person has an impact on others, whether they realize it or not. Everyone is significant to this planet, which is why we must question our every move and the objects around us.
We, as people, are born into different environments that contain racism, sexism, and discrimination. We develop a certain self awareness after being faced with racism that alters our behavior and the way we see ourselves. When someone views us in a certain way, after a while we convince ourselves that we are who that person says we are. Humans tend to obsess over their negative features in order to be more motivated to fix them in order to please not themselves, but the people around them. Du Bois thought deeply about the experience of being an African American in a nation that consigned nonwhites to second class citizenship. He discovered that he saw himself both as he was to himself, inwardly, and how he was seen by the white people. In my opinion, when you are seen as inferior in another race’s eye, you too begin to see yourself as they see you because of the constant reminder of their view of you. We then begin to question ourselves because we do not know who we truly are because on one hand, we see ourselves as regular people living out our lives while others see us as inferior. Are we inferior to the entire nation? How do others perceive me? What am I doing in this world? In order to feel a part of this world, we must question and find the answers that we seek.
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