I want to share something that has been on my mind for a very long time. I've kept this to myself but I think it's about time I get it off my chest. A lot of people talk about and support gender equality and equity, world peace, etc.. as they very well should. They are some of the biggest hashtags on social media #GenderEquaility, #AllLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter and so on.
But here's the thing, many people say they support these while a lot secretly do not. People say it's something they believe in and yet they buy into common misconceptions.
We've all heard people say very negative, inappropriate, things that are all untrue, such as "All Black people are criminals" "All Muslims are terrorists" and so on. Hearing these things makes me sick, it is very offensive and I hate false accusations on innocent harmless people. Please don't buy into the misconceptions that society forces down our throats and fall for those lies.
If you truly support and believe in something you can't just say so and leave it at that, you need to show it. Enforce it, promote it, and take action!
Speaking of all that, this brings me to gender equality and equity. For the last while everyone has been talking about supporting women's rights, and I do support this. Women are human beings and so are men. As someone who works in the education field I am vulnerable and susceptible to the stupid typical male stereotype.
We see stories on the news all the time about males doing inappropriate things. Females have done bad things too but more often than not it's males. This however does not define everyone, the world is not full all bad people. We all have both good and bad in us, what matters is our choices.
So here it is: Whether you are White, Black, Asian, Hispanic; whether you're Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or anything else; whether you're male or female, we are all equal, and all human-beings. We cannot judge all people of a specific race, religion, colour or gender based on what other individuals have done, it's very wrong. What certain individuals do cannot, should not, and do not define others of the same or similar kin.
We should not judge an individual for others actions. I am truly and honestly disgusted by the way people are labeled, judged, criticized, and treated for who they are.
We all deserve a fair chance at life. For some people who have done bad things they deserve the opportunity to see the light and get a second chance. Whether someone does something bad on purpose and strongly feels remorse afterward, or whether it was a moment of weakness or desperation and someone made a mistake, whatever the case may be some people deserve to be forgiven sometimes. I think the world would benefit more if everyone was more sensitive and understanding to one another.
Being a certain colour, and being a male is not something people choose to be it's what they are born as, it's how God made them. This is the same message I tried to relay in my poems, "I Am Who I Am" and, "Who We Are We Are One" Version 1 & Version 2.
So the next time you want to judge someone else, look in the mirror first because no one is perfect, including you.
