The Other

"Exploring how desire for the Other is expressed, manipulated, and transformed by encounters with difference and the different is a critical terrain that can indicate whether these potentially revolutionary longings are ever fulfilled"

The Other is a collective term representing the racial minorities as compared to the dominant white culture. These images represent various day to day ways of experiencing the Other from the simple act of eating to the more complex use of commodifying race.


This representation shows a basic example of how the majority race experiences "the Other". This is a white girl stepping into the Thai Garden restaurant to "get a taste of" a different culture. This is a popular and non-confrontational way to enmesh oneself into a subculture.

These are two white men who find "the Other", represented by an African American woman, desirable. Does this situation portray the genuine desire for racial integration or is it a prime example of white male power?

The commodification of "the Other" uses sex as a way to lure the dominant race to experience whatever they are trying to advertise while exploiting sterotypes in the process.