The son was born after his father entered the White House to work, so his starting point for social cognition was much higher and his awareness of rights was much stronger. So I participated in the social movement against the antibody system to fight for the equal rights of black people from the college age, and followed Martin Luther King, but he was still on the fringe of society. After his mentor was assassinated, he almost slipped to activism. Later, he returned to the mainstream of society and accepted the higher education. After education, actively try to promote social changes by entering the system through elections.
After more than 30 years of obedience within the system and gaining the high honor of the system (at the White House dinner as a guest of the President), the father finally woke up: As an individual, he might take a lot of risk as an individual, but for black people. It is very important to improve the actual interests of the community. Individuals may be successful in their own obedience strategy, but they will not be of much benefit to the improvement of the situation of the blacks as a whole. It is nothing more than becoming a sign and symbol of national unity in the system.
In the end, the old man followed his son and gave up his usual practice.
The ending is, of course, American-style joy: Obama became a black president; his son became a member of Congress. The American system basically absorbed black and racial issues.
From the perspective of cooperative games, the son type is a kind of strong reciprocity strategy, and the father is
the time for the follower social movement: men and women equal rights catch up with the Second World War, black and white equal rights catch up with the Vietnam War, so the success of social movements requires a social system because of its own Only by running out of crises to nurture a general anti-system can better results be achieved. Moreover, social movements must return to the organizational system after completing the general social mobilization, be absorbed by the system or overthrow the system.
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