Injustice

Stereotypes have a big affect on people because you don't look at them with an open mind. Just because you had a bad experience with one person of the other race/sexuality/religion and so forth, doesn't mean that ever person who you come in contact with who is different is just like that one person with the bad experience. I think that people view the youth as egocentric, wild, carefree, and a bunch of negative responses. I think that us young people and even younger are going to be the ones who change the world in ways that we can't even imagine. We are growing up in a society where everyone is different and we accept one another, I think our parents/grandparents era is where a good amount of this racism and oppression comes from because they were subjected to it so it was kind of like normal to them. So when they grow older those thoughts are still imbedded in their brain as sad as it sounds. Its actually crazy that  I have never experienced anything prejudice in my life that I can remember. As far back as I can think of, I have always been playing sports and with my friends. I think that sports was a major reason why I have never came in contact with anything like that because when we are playing, we have a common goal and that is to score and win. It never mattered what color you were, what language you spoke, what orientation you were, where you lived, it was just about coming together to play a game and win. I can't even count on how many times I have been the only white person in the group playing basketball or soccer and my race has never came up (unless they say 'hey white boy with the tattoos' when they didn't know my name but I took it as a complement). In the readings there was one section about how there was a pool party going on and it was mostly white people and this 15 year old black girl was pinned down by the police when they came to the scene and the video footage went viral because of the inhumane way she was being treated. I guess I just can't grasp the fact that there are people out there that truly believe that they are superior than someone else just because they are different. I tell people this "at the end of the day, no matter how much money you have, what color you are, you're legacy you left behind, could have been the most genuine person in the world or could have been the worst person in the world, we all will die, so what makes YOUR life so much better and you think you can belittle people for any reason? Why not spread as much positivity and shine light to this world while were all still on it?" I think thats I actually was on Instagram and looked at my friend's story (who is Muslim) and it was just about bringing awareness to the casualties and unfair treatment to muslims, nothing more than that. Then proceeding were replies back to his story and he posted them and it genuinely made me sad because this was one of the nicest kid's I have ever got a pleasure of meeting and I felt terrible. It's because of these people who still give these awful stereotypes to people and who are just down right rude for no reason.