A Big Beautiful Mess

  I agree with Wash's post about microagression because people need to not assume someone is offending them when they don't understand what they truly meant to say. We all need to understand that not everyone has the same thought of mind as the we do. So when we hear a comment about something that we are delicate too we ought to just ignore it and not think much of it, because we need to be more open minded.

  There is people that take a comment and overthink the comment. They don't stop and think that 'Hey maybe it's not suppose to be offending and more like a question or comment'. But instead the believe in what they thought they "heard".

  By simply saying something as common as, "Where are you from?" a person from another country might think of it as, "Go back to where you came from!". Which is crazy! That person never said anything to that similar manner and to put words into someone's mouth is not correct. We need to value each word as it is said and not assume something that was never meant to be assumed.

  People need to understand that what they think and do is not what everyone else thinks. Nobody was born with the same mom. Meaning not everyone was taught the same morals or views. Nobody is like anybody else because of how they were thought and raised but that doesn't serve as a excuse to judge a person by what they do or say. We don't know how they think.

  A women could be behind a man and he opens the door to the woman because that is what was thought to him. He doesn't know she is a feminist, and so she feels offended because she thinks she's a minority to him and because of that she needs help. That man was taught to be a gentleman and hold the door for a lady. The woman took his action of kindness and turned it upside down. She did not think that he was just doing what he was taught to do. She over thought the action, and making the action much bigger than what it was intend to mean. A act of kindness.

1.) We don't need to overthink a comment or action

2.) We need to understand that we all think differently therefore not everything we think as rude or critical is actually so

3.) We need not to take comments or actions to the heart because they were never meant to

  As a generation of microagression we need to stop being so sensitive. Open our ears with no filters. Understand that the whole world isn't revolving just around us, but others as well. This includes the thoughts and actions of others. Accept that there is a certain way to act towards one another, and that includes being more open to other thoughts and ideas. By being sensitive you get nowhere. This whole world is filled with different cultures, politics, and religions that we might not always agree with. But with all that, that is what makes this whole wide world a big beautiful mess.

All Human

  Now a days people judge others based on what they are. Whether they are light, dark, or tanned. It's just not good enough to be who they are. We also have to be part of a certain group to not be judged, and even then they are still judged. Well I'm sick of it. People should be accepted by who they are, not what they are. It shouldn't matter what they're color of there skin is, whether it be purple or yellow. We are all human, and it's about time we see that.

  When I was younger I used to go to a elementary school that consisted mostly Hispanics. We all talked and learned how to speak English but also Spanish as well, to not forget our language. Then one day my family and I moved. We moved to a neighborhood that was mostly filled with white folk. Sure there was some other Hispanics and African American but mostly white people. To our luck there was a school right around the neighborhood. When I first got to school I didn't think much of it. I knew English and I didn't feel out of place. Until I saw another Hispanic girl, I talked to her. Except when I talked to her she responded back, in Spanish, we don't talk Spanish here, they don't feel comfortable with that. That's when I realized that out of all my grade there was maybe 8 Hispanic kids all together, and most of them didn't know how to speak Spanish. Soon enough my teachers caught on that I knew Spanish. So naturally they thought I needed ESL. They treated me as if I was special and didn't know what I was doing. They saw me as a Hispanic girl, not me. The ESL class for me was just something to get out of my normal class schedule. They didn't teach me anything I didn't know already. Then one day a boy came into my class, a Hispanic boy. The teacher told me that I should help him out, speak to him in Spanish. I felt thrilled! I had someone to speak Spanish with, until I realized that they saw us both as outcasts,misfits,special. Before going to this new school I was quite loud, but after going to this new school I was totally different. I became self conscious of who I was, In fact I didn't know who I was, and became quiet. I'd hate to think that that's why I am who I am today.

  I'm sure they didn't know that what they were doing was harmful. They probably thought it was a way to help me out. To make me fit in. To become more like them. I don't hate them. In all this experience I learned to value myself. To see that who I am nobody else is. I am special, unique.

  All of this brings me back to see others for who they truly are. If people would just take the time and truly meet the person then they would know who they are and not just assume things that are not true. People ought to just see people as human. That they as well are just as valuable as them. That they have feelings and stories. That we are all equal. That we are all human.

Something To Remember

   Don't you ever get sick of older people comparing their past with yours? Well I do. Yes their past sounds pretty cool, but that does mean mine isn't? No. Just like you wouldn't compare someone to someone else because they are uniquely themselves, you shouldn't compare someone's past with another's. Times are different. Technology is more advanced. That means the future will never again be like the pasts future, and never will be. That also includes people's past (memories).

   As we grow grow older, old folk tend to tell us their stories. Most of them beginning with "In my day....." or "When I was about your age......" It's all nice and sincere memories, until they say "Not like today." That's what makes me mad. Because obviously it wasn't like that day. The present is so much different then the past. Hence the word past. I'm sure that if we were born in their time period we would have as well said stories like them, but we're not. Simply because technology is a whole lot better. Wouldn't they ,as well, done the same things as us? Probably.

   Yes as teenagers we are distracted very easily by technology. Yes we don't do things like they used to. But I don't see why my memories or past is any less in value than the elder people. I still learned, got bullied, had adventures, and most of all I do have something to remember and that to me is just as important to them. I may not have as interesting stories to tell to my kids but it all goes back to the future and how the future for us will not be the same for them. And just like me they will have their own memories that are just as valuable to mine.