After reading My Name Is Margaret by Maya Angelou, I have come to the conclusion that sometimes we have to do things, whether handled correctly or not, to get our points across and allow our silent voices heard by people who may otherwise ignore them.
Margaret broke some dishes that were important to Ms. Glory’s mistress to let her know that she refused to be disrespected any longer. I have to say that I agree with her decision because otherwise she would have been doing herself an injustice by dealing with it. Sometimes you let things go for so long that you leave yourself no other choice but to handle them the only way your heart knows how to at the time. The women in the story repeatedly called her by a name that was not hers, at the convenience of themselves, just because they couldn’t be bothered to say her entire name: Margaret. To them, it was too long and unnecessary. To Margaret, this was rude and disrespectful because this was not the name her mother gave to her. They blatantly showed their lack of respect to her. As someone who rarely holds their tongue and doesn’t hesitate to stick up for myself when necessary, I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same thing. Simply voicing your opinion doesn’t always work with people who aren’t willing to hear it. I can’t think of a specific time that I have had to challenge authority because I don’t believe another human has “authority” over another. Mutual respect in all relationships and settings are important to me. There have been times where I felt like my voice needed to be heard, but they are usually in places that “keeping my cool” was detrimental to whatever I was doing at the time, like in a work place. Personally, I can take a lot of stress from other people before I feel the need to “lose my cool”. Of course, I believe in letting someone know how they have bothered you, because how else are they supposed to know and have the chance to fix it? It’s when you give those people the chance and they ignore it, that they begin disrespecting you and you can’t allow anyone to do that to you, no matter what power they feel they have over you.
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