7th Class: The Radical/Postmodern View Among the critiques which West positions in our need for awareness of who we are, and just what we stand for, and even where, in terms of civilization WHERE we are, he sees a need for discernment. In a personal search to discern my place within modern society, there is a need to separate the ACTUAL- that is, how people see someone of a minority, from the POTENTIAL- that is, how will she fit into the larger scheme of things without being detrimental or disruptive. We live in a society where initial appearances DO matter. We are discerned as being part of something that may or may not contribute to the benefit of the whole. Education for discernment, again from a purely personal p