Paradox of Cultural Dexterity

Minorities who vote republican are said to put their community at a danger of loss, harm, or failure. Thus, their behavior is seen by many as a position of tokenism, one way in which someone is used for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture on behalf of republicans (the dominant culture) while they learn to accept minorities for their truthfulness or usefulness. All tokens who gain in status only to become race-oriented managerial leaders are seen as public vouchers: people who are placed into a position of authority to discount broken promises or to help controlling interest groups make good on faltering ones. Incidentally, while working their way up the social latter, minority class republicans often disenfranchise themselves from both racial groups. For instance, Michael Steele won the Republican National Caucus vote for the GOP in 2009. Republican members believed that boasting Steele’s status position to head of GOP was a cultural achievement, an important move in the sense of racial equality. CNN media said that if Steele knows best, he will right the wrongs of republicans and attempt to change the minority vote. Why? Republicans lost favor with registered voters during the 2006 November elections. No one is willing to say Clarence Thomas suffers from double jeopardy working as a Supreme Court Justice. However, the fact that African Americans renounce all dealings with him for 1), accepting a token position of authority; 2), seemingly, showcasing his interracial marriage in part as a measure of more personal achievements; and 3), considering he was not the best qualified candidate to assume the role of  Supreme Court justice, supports evidence that African American morality does exist as a paradox of cultural dexterity. Although president Bush nominated Thomas into office, his position shows the dominate culture’s misguided efforts to eliminate racial inequality.

Any group, people, or  person elected to fulfill an obligation but work outside public or national interest are said to be existing in an ignoble paradox of cultural dexterity. An ignoble paradox is a measure of pluralistic ignorance or social dysfunction much like Bush’s not so honorable decision to elect Clarence Thomas to a Supreme Court seat. With an ignoble paradox, segments of society may live in denial by asserting pseudo-independence to minority individuals, which typically inconvenience other cultural groups whose freedoms and responsibilities are supposed to be held in their best interest. For instance, Republicans have accused Democrats of “power-sharing” with oppressed segments of the community. Many African Americans were grateful to have General Colin Powell, who proved his usefulness during Operation Dessert Shield/Storm as Secretary of State even though he shared conservative views, which opposed Democratic or liberal values. While the public expressed outraged at the Present for not promoting General Powell to the highest military authority, he attained almost serendipitous fortunes when the Bush administration offered him a career opportunity in Washington, DC., a position many believed was offered in defense of Armed Force Commander. General Powell’s new role was said to exist as a cultural paradox function. Paradoxes appear absurd and self-contradicting when a single racial-ethnic group experiences these propositions over time, but may in fact be practical and real in the context of society. This concept shows how double jeopardy can exist as a paradox of cultural dexterity.