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A review by ohsoreads
This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn
5.0
I'd like to begin my review for TIWILL by stating that I am no smart academic and I picked up this book out of mere curiosity and the desire to know more about inequality that exists in my own homeland. In school, I have had a taste on exploring and discussing inequalities in worldwide contexts and had SOME, not a lot of, awareness regarding what goes on here, in my own country.
I greatly appreciate Teo You Yenn's essays, it has opened my eyes to a lot more concepts and happenings. I grew with the idea of my family status as 'doing ok, able to afford' but far from riches. But because of that, I never looked elsewhere and I never questioned if there was more that I could do for those who do not have the same privilege as I did growing up. Today, I think about it and when I can, I will do as much as I can to help. For now, I will keep reading, keep listening, keep reflecting, keep learning.
“Stories about poverty and inequality creates a lot of discomfort, as I think they should. It is this discomfort that will propel us into action. It is this discomfort that will compel various members of this society to push for change, to push for widening the circle which people can enjoy the successes of economic wealth.”
It is time to disrupt the narrative:
Society says so: “What we do and do not do are shaped by our sense of how others are — shared understandings of right and wrong, good and bad, valuable and worthless. The pathways and practices we end up taking are rendered meaningful by shared scripts and narratives that permeate our society.”
Generation Y & Z: “We need to tell ourselves stories about ourselves, in order to understand our past, making meaning of the present, and aspire to the future. But when narratives are monolith and singular, they become fortresses of vested interest, biases and blindspots.”
I greatly appreciate Teo You Yenn's essays, it has opened my eyes to a lot more concepts and happenings. I grew with the idea of my family status as 'doing ok, able to afford' but far from riches. But because of that, I never looked elsewhere and I never questioned if there was more that I could do for those who do not have the same privilege as I did growing up. Today, I think about it and when I can, I will do as much as I can to help. For now, I will keep reading, keep listening, keep reflecting, keep learning.
“Stories about poverty and inequality creates a lot of discomfort, as I think they should. It is this discomfort that will propel us into action. It is this discomfort that will compel various members of this society to push for change, to push for widening the circle which people can enjoy the successes of economic wealth.”
It is time to disrupt the narrative:
Society says so: “What we do and do not do are shaped by our sense of how others are — shared understandings of right and wrong, good and bad, valuable and worthless. The pathways and practices we end up taking are rendered meaningful by shared scripts and narratives that permeate our society.”
Generation Y & Z: “We need to tell ourselves stories about ourselves, in order to understand our past, making meaning of the present, and aspire to the future. But when narratives are monolith and singular, they become fortresses of vested interest, biases and blindspots.”