Subservience

Blog – Is subservience a necessary part of living?

Subservience is a natural part of living. Everybody starts out subserviently. When we are babies and kids we often obey our parents unquestionably. Even as adults we mostly subserviently obey the law. Subservience can also be a concious necessity, though. In Wright's case, he must be subservient to the whites in order to survive. If he doesn't act how a black man is supposed to, he will get fired or beaten or even killed. In order to keep his job so he can afford food and clothes, and in order to remain alive, he
must be subservient.

In today's society is it necessary to be subservient? Sort of. You have to be subservient to the law. In fact, the most effective societies are the ones with the most subservient people.You cannot go out and do target practice in the mall, and if you do, then you will be prevented from doing it again (prison). On the other hand, today's society doesn't require people to be subservient in the same ways that society did during Wright's time. There are some exceptions, but by and large, when people have to be subservient, there is a reason. And if they don't want to be, there is nothing preventing them from moving to a place where they don't have to be.