8/7/2016 1 Comment Be the changeIt has been hard to comprehend the amount of hate being tossed left and right. I’ve been asking myself so many questions.
Was it always this bad? Is it the media’s fault? Have I been blind to other’s oppression? We tell ourselves that privilege is something that we earn. Something that we have had to fight for. But what we don’t tell ourselves is that sometimes that privilege is handed to us on a big, shiny platter, with a glowing label reading “mass majority.” We live in society where we feed on pointing out one another’s differences. Color, shape, size, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation, religion, ect. Our differences should make us individuals, not minorities. Equality does not, and should not, lead to sacrifice. When you have lived a life habituated with privilege, equality can often feel like oppression. Giving the same rights to everyone, does not mean that your rights are oppressed. All it means is that you can share. Something that you should have been taught in preschool. There are several minority groups who have been experiencing injustice for centuries. No law can change society. We, the people, have to change society. Until you have experienced the brutality, discrimination, or misfortune of a group of individuals, it is not up to you to belittle their triumphs. It is not up to you to tell them how to cope with their losses. Until the day that we can celebrate victories and mourn losses as one society, it is not up to you.
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