Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Truth is, there haven't been many blog-worthy moments recently, save one idea that I've been mulling over for months. Now, I'm going to try to keep this one short as it is a subject that I think might get some people heated towards me, but understand that I'm not in any way prejudice in either direction. Honestly, I'm not. This is directed to everyone. So let me begin convincing you by addressing my own ethnicity first.
Dear Caucasians,
Please, stop being discriminatory towards people who happen to be of a separate ethnicity than your own. If you must judge someone, do it based on their personality and how they treat others, not by what color their skin is because no two people are the same. Your best friend could be more tan, more pale, or a completely different color than you are, and you may just completely overlook them because you're too busy judging based on the appearances that they can't and very well shouldn't be expected to change.
Dear Members of Other Diversities,
I respect you all. I accept that you are not all part of the group of people who may have given your ethnicity a less-than-praised reputation, just like members of the Caucasian ethnicity ruin the name for people of my own color (I'm so pale, I could never attempt to hide my race). I also would like to thank you for being kind and good people who make excellent friends and fantastic Americans (British citizens, Frenchmen, etc...).
Thank you all, Caucasians, Asians, Hispanics, African Americans, etc. for not allowing society to define you and your perspectives of the general populace, whatever color they may be.
To Those Who Harbor Inner Prejudices,
I understand that we only hear the bad views about people in the news and gossip these days. I understand that we are more prone to seeing differences in people when they have done something taboo or unorthodox and consequently stand out in a negative light. I understand, but I ask you to understand that it is not just African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, Asians, or anyone but people of your color that act out in society and catch the tainted spotlight. Everyone has done something they are not proud of, and most people have at least one moment where they've shined. There is no difference between us. We are all Homo sapiens--same genus, same species. There used to be separate species of human, if you recall, Neanderthals and others, but our species was the one that was strong enough to survive, and, believe me, friend, we did not survive independently. We need each other. If we didn't, natural selection or God or something would have arranged the planet in some other way, but none of them did.
So let's do what we were ordained to by whatever faith you choose to believe in. Let's just coexist as nature, God, or anything that had an influence on our development on this Earth has intended. You can't argue that we aren't where we are. Whatever got us here in your opinion had a method behind its madness. I think it's about time we stopped assuming that we, the "knowing men," as our species name implies, know everything about everything that has ever happened or ever will. We are lucky to be here. We are blessed to be here. Either way, we are here for a reason, and holding ourselves back with prejudices in any direction is useless and counter-productive to a world of people who so deeply values progress. Let's take another giant leap for mankind and start loving mankind. :)
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