Growing up, we would hear the older folks talk about life back then and how our ancestors were treated, and being that we live in a new era you would think things have changed, but, many still live in old age.
We were told that white was superior and blacks were beneath, so many today hold that in their hearts and scorn those that are not the same color skin and same ethnicity, however, this should no longer be because we live in a world filled with diverse culture. Even though we're not the same color skin or the same ethnicity or don't speak the same language, we are all humans!. We are all entitled to equality as long as it doesn't go against the natural way of life.
The other day I was working and this customer told me that I should go back to my country, what he didn't know was that I am in my country and English just happens to be my first language. He judged me and was racist because he believed that because I was calling him that I was not from his country, which in a way he was right but we ALL are capable of working jobs that are available to us in our own country and the country of others if we are qualified. We shouldn't be quick to judge or scorn others if we know for ourselves that we are not willing to do the kind of work the other person is doing. Even though the other person may not be from your country shouldn't be a reason to scorn them. Every day someone moves away from their country or home to seek opportunities or to seek a better living and we are all entitled to do that.
At the end of the day even though we are not of the same color skin, not from the same ethnic group, or from the same country, we all breathe the same air, bleed the same color blood, and get placed back in the dirt. So none of us is better than the other no matter what so we should all respect each other, care for each other and accept each other. We are not our ancestors so we don't need to live like them.
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