SOSC 1340 Lecture 14: winter week 7 sosc 1340 ra

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1340
• Professor: John Simoulidis

Document Summary

I also know now there are two truths. One truth belongs to the oppressor; the other belongs to the oppressed! I shall never sing like a parrot, never! (thiong"o, pg. Thiong"o expresses a different kind of ethical principle, justice . Within the quotation, thiong"o identifies the two truth and justices that are present in society. There are always two sides to a story that people ought to think about in order to seek out truth and justice. He explains that by being attentive to a story, a person should never believe one aspect of the story while not listening to the opposite side. He compares such action to singing like a parrot because the person is simply repeating what they"re told whether or not it"s true or false. He additionally explains that a way to distinguish the two terms with words said by an elderly woman, truth and justice are to be found in people"s actions.