Weekly Blog: Week 19

We read about post-colonialism in an introduction and the author brought up the subject of power. Power is an important thing; it allows people to do great deeds and evoke change in the world. Someone who is powerful can lead a movement to better humanity or the lives of a group of people. But power is also dangerous. Greed goes hand in hand with power, and the two together can cause people to act terribly-- tyrannically. Power is also the foundation of inequality. It is a complicated matter; as one seeks power, for good reasons or bad, it is inevitable that once that power is achieved, there are others less powerful. This creates an imbalance, leading to discrimination and the establishment of superiority, derived from the innate characteristics of people.