Question

What is your understanding of the term "Symbolic Struggles"? Provide and discuss one example of a symbolic struggle. Do you think it is an effective strategy in dealing with domination?

Answer 1

Symbolic struggle means a struggle on the basis of Identity. Symbolique struggle is an effort to get the right on the basis of colour where the discrimination is maintained for racism and prejudice most of the struggle of the black people for the demand of right is an example of symbolic struggle.

According to the racial theory it is suggested that the black African Americans are inferior and such labelling is done on the basis of colour. Here the colour represents the symbol. When the black people organise a movement then we call it a symbolic struggle and their movement is against the racism and prejudice maintained by the white people where white colour is the symbol of superiority to the white people.

It is true that it is a kind of strategy where discrimination is maintained on the basis of colour. Such colour symbol is a product of prejudice and even the lifestyle is guided by such symbolic issues. With the lebelling as black and white the domination of the white people on the the black is maintained and the Black African Americans are deprived of their fundamental rights.