Synthesis Essay On The Color Black

The blond woman. The black man. The Asian girl. What do they all have in common? It’s stereotyping. Every moment of our lives, someone in this world is getting judged and stereotyped just by first glance. Why? I don’t know. But I know one thing for sure: it’s not right. Although constantly labeled with Asian stereotypes, I am a distinct person who isn’t shaped by Asian societal norms. I express that through my visual’s symbolism, diction, and rhetorical question.

I have used two bold colors for symbolism. In general, black represents evil while red represents danger. The blackness can represent many things in a person’s mind and most of which are frightening. The black color is to help trigger that terrified feeling within the audience, hopefully to parallel with what I feel when being stereotyped. As the girl wearing a red sweatshirt, I am fearful when I get attacked with these stereotypes. Red is commonly used for stop signs or warning signs, which easily draws in people’s attention. As a result, this color helps draw my audience’s attention to me, who is
By using words such as “is” or “must,” it makes the audience realize how definite those stereotypes are. It doesn’t say, “might” or “could”; it’s an exact “is” or “must.” The audience will notice that with just these words, it begins to limit what an Asian can be. I might live in an Asian family and is influenced by societal norms, but those expectations do not define me. If my audience has ever thought about or said any of the stereotypical statements, they will now realize how unkind they sound. The audience will notice they’ve considered these stereotypes as correct because Asians seem to look or act a certain way. In reality, they just restrict how I “should” be, not who I really am. Even these “societal norms” made me think that I should have these stereotypical characteristics, and if I didn’t, I would’ve been considered weird or