Teed Rockwell
Jul 20, 2024

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When you wear “the white sweater“ is that the real you? Or is that a costume in the same sense as the black sweater? If so, where is “the real you”? Jean-Paul Sartre said that the essence of human Being, which he calls “Being-for-itself“ , is that it is not what it is, and is what it is not. He gives the example of a waiter, who must “play at“ being a waiter while he is on the job. But if he isn’t really a waiter,then who is?

Wearing either sweater is going to be inauthentic in some sense. Of course, your situation is a special case, because you have an unusual story which has made you especially aware of this. But feeling the imposter syndrome is an inevitable part of the human condition.

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Teed Rockwell
Teed Rockwell

Written by Teed Rockwell

I am White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Male Heterosexual cisgendered over-educated able-bodied affluent and thin. Hope to learn from those living on the margins.

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