Blog 2: Reaction on systemic violence.

    In this blog some of the thoughts I want to share is one of Zizek’s terms of violence; systemic violence. A system of violence where society together with time create a routine environment where politics and economy have major influences on their behalf to portray as what is moral according to what’s going on in history. One good example to relate to this idea is a photograph taken in the period of racial discrimination against blacks, where lynching were consider a normal ritual rather than something out of this world. In the photograph a black men is being hang in front of many white people, most of them being in the working class including children. In the picture one can see how this act of violence is seen as a symbol of defense and at the same time justification for their actions. Children are smiling and people gather well dressed as if it was a sporting event. As it has been proven humans develop a sense of pleasure in watching violence and in this picture people are enjoying the lynching of a negro at the time just like people enjoy bull fighting, where matadors slew bulls by sticking a sword in the neck and killing the bull in front of lots of people. This can give people a sense on how violence develops and adapts to society according to the environment they going through with a reflect on politics and economic status.