What's your origin?

Origin

Page 6 of Batman and Psychology A Dark and Stormy Knight by Travis Langley

       The oxford English dictionary defines origin as the fact of being born from a particular ancestor or race; parentage, ancestry, extraction, pedigree.  In my opinion and as the definition states, origin and race can be similar words that may be used in different contexts to express different things. Origin means a lot in our current cultural period. Being born of a particular origin plays an important factor in a person’s actions. A person’s origin allows them as well as other people to understand where it is that they came from and how they can be identified. Being born into a particular parentage and ancestry enables identity to be established. In today’s current cultural period, being of a certain origin normally means simply being born of a particular race which. For instance, being Caucasian or African American defines one origin. Origin can also speak about being of a particular culture such as Indian or Muslim. Origin raises questions: what race are you? Where are you from? Where were you born? In the current cultural period as well, people see origin to be nothing more than race and ancestry. Yet, Origin as a whole is something that cannot be defined clearly. It means something different to all people. Since no system exists that helps us pin point what origin a person can be of it leads us to conclude that origin has different variations of meaning.  Therefore origin is self-identified. For example one person being asked what origin are they from may simply state the race they are while another person may claim origin to be a location in which they were birthed.  Within my research about Batman and his representation of a God, his origin can be seen different ways. His origin can be that of a mystical hero in which he was simply just created for the purpose of entertainment.  His origin can also be that of a simply idea that arose from the minds of a comic strip author. Batman’s origin can also be of a person’s childhood. Even origin of a person can depend on how they feel about the origin of Batman. In all, origin makes me think about race and the Kardashinan family. This may be a meaningless statement to claim but no one talks about where they come from in the sense of race or ancestry. The Kardashinan family may be from a certain culture but when you think about them you just think about how they are from money and wealth. You associate their wealth being from the background of their very being.  Origin should simply define where a person began and the answer to that should only be justified by what the individual feels.