Society: Past and Present
I was reading To Kill A Mockingbird earlier and it made me think about how that book may have been set in the 30s, but it is very similar to today's society. Why is it that we all as humans aren't treated equally? I mean our constitiution says we should treat everyone equal, and so does the bible. So why don't we do it? This question is something that I have always thought about since I was old enough to know what racism was. I know that I sometimes can be somewhat racial, but am I just like my southern ancestors who hated everyone who didn't look the same as me? I know that I am not racial towards African Americans, but what about am I like that towards Middle Easterners? Or Asian people? I know that these cultures have done some shit to really piss Americans off in the past and in the present, but has that caused me to not give those people a fair chance? I know that if I am in a chat room and someone from India or the Middle East starts to talk to me, I always talk to them for a few minutes and then I block them so they can't bother me again. Is that racist of me? Because I feel like it is but I can't help it if I am. I was raised totally different from those people and so I guess its like a culture shock when a 30 year old man strikes a conversation with me. I was rasied that a 10 year age difference is too much. My parents are 5 years apart and I think thats pushing it. So am I just repsonding to what I was raised to think or am I responding to the racism that has been brewed between those countries within the last 30+ years? I know I am asking questions that may not have answers to them but why can't I ask them? Maybe I am asking questions that people are afraid to ask. Well if that's the case, then I think that its about time somebody actually asked them.
I once heard that the dumbest questions are the ones left unasked. Well in my case, the questions are no longer dumb.
1 Comments:
I think that in todays society if you meet someone online yes it is a good thing to do that. So many that I have given a chance try to get them to barter for them to come to this country and live. No. Im not gonna do it. The truth is you dont know the person IM ing you. You dont know that they arent terrorist affiliated. Dont feel alone or bad for it. Many of us do it.Its just a way of protecting you and all you hold dear. As for the age I am one of those people that generally likes the people I am around to be older than me. I have a few acceptions. Toby and I are just under 8 years apart in the age category. It just depends on how you feel comfortable. With me its that I connect better with people on a higher mental playing field or that have experienced more. I love to be around people that have experience to share and knowledge to teach. But thats just me and yes you can achieve that with people of any age. So its all in what your comfort zone will allow.
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