What's in a name?

Buckalew: Unique or Secretly Cool?

My last name is the name of a royal family now forgotten. My last name, much like the forgotten family, is pointless and not discussed, save for people who recently visited Scotland or ancestry.com. My last name is unique here, in Raleigh, North Carolina, however I would be in good graces if I visited the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area, the home of Buckalew Elementary (Go Bears!). I would also not stand out in Middlesex County, New Jersey, home of not one, but two mansions previously owned by my ansectors, the Scotts of Beccleuch, Scotland. I enjoy the history behind my last name, as it is quite a story, but I do not enjoy it when people spell my las name Buckaloo or Buckaleu. I mean, those don't even make sense! Buckaloo sounds like what Australians call male deer. I think my last name enthusiastically speaks of my character. As Buckalew secretly hides the fact that I am related to the family that holds 240,000 acres of land in Britain, including five masive estates, so does my simple demeanor hide the fact that I am a suave, genius, extraordinaire. The unfamiliarityof my name helps to not define me — unlike Kennedy, Obama, or Hitler - while the pedigree of Buckalew helps explain the immense feats that I perform.

I have never been faced with the dilemma  of having two faces. I am 100% real 100% of the time. This has caused many problems in my life, as I do not adapt my atitude for any situation, but I was taught to always "keep it real". Being a single identity has its advantages. For instance, I am never caught in a situation where I am pretending to be something I am not, which is looked down apon in modern times. However, keeping it real does go wrong. In fact, keeping it real  goes wrong a lot. Like, a lot. However, I find that keeping it real does have its advantages. By not catering my life to other's views, I am able to walk my own path without fear of judgement. Furthermore, I have no remorse, because every decision is one that I want to make, not an influenced or preasured one. 

Atta girl, Atwood Response

   
     The picture is David and Lou, taken by Wing Young Huie in South Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2012. It features two men who appear vastly different on the outside. But, opon disection, one might be able to conclude that these men are very similar, and that the simple fact of them being racially different is what makes them different in the viewer's mind.

     Margaret Atwood also creates differences in her story, The Handmaid's Tale. In the story, men are explicitly different from women in terms of what they are alowed to do and how they are utilized in society. Men have more power and are the leaders and protectors, while women are the birthers. mothers, and cooks. Atwood also creates differences between women. Women like Aunts and Wives of Commanders have more freedom than Handmaids and Marthas.

     Wing creates differences by using the viewer's assumptions and judgements of race. Margaret Atwood creates differences by explicitly stating them in her story. Both are effective at othering and otherization.

David and Lou