The dichotomy between the inflective self and the reflective being is present in everyone, however, the strength of the reflective in some people can be so much more dominant than the inflective; this aberration, when prevalent, will adversely affect their lives. This condition is prominent in groups of people or individuals who are particularly downtrodden, shunned, dismissed, belittled, and a thousand other words to the same effect. I would like to speak of two quite different instances where this aberration occurs, that is amongst African Americans and amongst the working class. First before describing the dichotomy between the inflective and reflective selves we must understand what they are. The inflective self is the person that one sees themselves as. It dictates numerous traits that we project to the world including but not limited to self-confidence, pride, intro/extroversion, speech, and personality. The reflective self is the person that the world sees you as, usually based ...