Who We Are

In my sociology class we have been discussing social inequality. While looking back through my notes, I saw that I had written, "We are who we are by knowing who we aren't." This is the same message that the second poem of Tao Te Ching is saying. "Is and Isn't produce each other. Hard depends on easy, Long is tested by short, High is determined by low, Sound is harmonized by voice, After is followed by before." In order for us to define anything in life, boundries must be created that establish an is and isn't.