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Human |
"Without
distinction of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, property birth or other status."
- UN Human Rights
Deceleration, article 2
"Bullying is bad" teachers told me.
Bullying is when a
person uses their power and intimidation to force another person to do what the
person wants.
Here is the thing
I don't see the
difference between discrimination and bullying. Sure, the first word is more
fancier and not many children know what that means but they both imply that one
group of people use their power to exclude another group of people. Everyone is
against bullying, so that means everyone is against discrimination.How come
when someone tweets #BlackLIvesMatter
they will face back
lash with a bunch of people commenting
#AllLivesMatter?
Take the stereotypical bullying situation
The nerd is being
pushed down by the jocks who are popular. People are not going to say that the
jocks should be protected from being pushed, because there is no one pushing
the jocks and they are already protected. People are going to say that nerds
need protection from being pushed.
That is the same
thing with the hashtags. Black lives matter is not saying that other races
don't matter. It is saying that black lives matter equally because many places
don't value black lives. I am not black, I'm brown and I don't see a hashtag
going around talking about that brown lives matter. Sure brown people face a
lot of discrimination, a lot of which I have personally experienced. However, I
know that the black community has faced a much longer lasting oppression.
Take crayons as an example
The black crayon is
used the most to outline figures. It is the most used but on the other hand the
white crayon has never ever felt paper. The white crayons are excluded the most
and that is not fair. The yellow crayons are also used less but not as little
as the white. This is because the paper is white and so the white doesn't show
up when used. Our world is made of black paper. The darker your complexion the
less likely you are to show up. Our world has been run by people with power and
wealth and is made to benefit only them. It is time to change that.
Are colored people's rights not human rights?
Humans include women, and women tend to
have feminine qualities then aren't feminine qualities human?
What is so wrong
about a women working hard to make equal or more money then men.
A women owning her
own body.
A women having a
child.
A women feeling
confident in her own body and clothes.
Honestly, women can
accomplish what a man can accomplish, and on top of that bring life into the
world. As a girl I think other women/girls should start by respecting each
other.
How can you expect
respect from men if you don't even respect each other.
Are women's rights not just human rights?
Love
Poets, musicians and
writers throughout history romanticize the idea of finding love.
Life gives and takes
a lot of things but the one thing you can leave this world with is love.
Imagine marrying someone you don't love. Every culture celebrates marriage then
why can't a man marry another man or a woman marry another woman. Isn't it just
binding two souls. Souls don't have genders. It is not gay marriage, it is just
plain simple marriage. People are still fighting against arranged marriages
around the world because in our eyes marrying
someone you don't love is crazy...
Are marriage rights not human rights?
We talk about going
into other countries, where people need basic human rights, and fix it and we
often do go into other countries to do exactly that, but I'm a firm believer in
fixing your own flaws before others. When traveling you are always told that
during an emergency you should put on the mask yourself before others. This is
true for countries too. You aren't exactly going to be that helpful to another
country if you yourself are struggling to get oxygen.
Are your rights not human rights?
Humans are humans
Everyone believes in
human rights.
Heterosexuals are
humans.
Homosexuals are
humans.
Men are humans.
Women are humans.
The poor are humans.
The rich are humans.
Mixed races are
humans.
Latin Americans are
humans.
North Americans are
humans.
Europeans are humans.
Asians are humans.
Africans are humans.
Australians are
humans.
Whether you are a mix
of multiple races or not, or you are just different from what you are expected
to be, know that nobody chooses to be who they are.
We are
dealt cards in a game called life.
Nobody ever wishes
that they will face extra hardships just because of who they are.
"No one person is at fault for how our world is nor is it one
persons choice to change it"
We have all felt
discriminated against for just being who we are and no one's problem is less
important than another's problem. If you haven't felt it you are lying to others
and yourself.
We are all humans and
our ancestors fought so many wars to have human rights.
Therefore the first step to a better place is respect.
If you don't want to
know, don't.
If you don't want to
understand, don't.
If you don't want to
learn, don't.
I grew up learning
that if someone is not harming themselves or others then don't interfere in
their lives.
At the end of the day
we are all just skeletons covered in decomposing organic material.
Millions of years
from now some species is going to discover our skeletons. If you think they
will see the difference between races or if one person was gay or one had more
money than the other, you are dead wrong. They will the ruins of a once great
species that could have gone extinct for the hatred they had for each other. We
are all better than that.
"Every quality a person posses is human"
Once you open your
eyes and see every difference as a unique color you will come to realize that
the world is really like a rainbow. Every color is unique and each compliments
the other to create
true beauty.
I'm not asking you to
welcome in a complete stranger of a group of people you once disliked. I'm not
even asking you try to understand.
I'm just asking for plain, simple respect.
We cannot change
anything until the playing field is leveled by respect.
We are all humans at
the end of the day... The least we can do is respect each other.
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