Posted on March 12, 2010
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When Carlton defends himself against Top Dog, he is essentially supporting Louis Althusser and his theory of ideology. In his essay, Ideology, Althusser claims that ideological representations are dominated by false conceptions (304). Therefore, when Carlton tells Top Dog he does not have to act "black" to be black, he is suggesting that Top Dog's opinion on what it means to be "black" is based on false conceptions attributed to mainstream culture. Althusser also states that in a class society, ideology ensures that one class will dominate over another (308).
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