One last post for today. But this one is REALLLLLLY necessary.
Hi guys. Um, Please read this. It's a really serious thing for me. Ok? Ok.
So I had class today (Tuesdays, March 18th 2009). And a group had a presentation. This girl's part was about racism, homophobia, violence and fear of the unknown. She said that it obviously needed to be stopped. She played a video about a Muslim girl who was discriminated against and teased after 9/11 because of her religion. She cried so much the blood vessels in her face popped and she crawled into bed and stayed there for 5 days. That's some real depression. You know what? That girl was in the 4th grade. Yeah. You know what else, it was the teacher's fault because it happened all the time in the classroom and she did nothing she even contributed to it! It was also the state's fault because this book about hating Muslims was passed out in a bunch of districts to be taught! I was appalled. I couldn't believe it. Actually, I wish that last sentence was true, but I could believe it. I HATE those kinds of people. How could you be so cruel to someone over their religion?! I can't even fathom that kind of cruelty. They also talked about racism and how some lady did a racial harmony day, which was a lot less cliché than it sounds. They also talked about how 1/3 of homosexual teens will try to kill themselves. It was also stated that 53%, 53%!! of teens have heard their teachers use a derogatory term for/towards homosexuals! I am seriously furious. These facts hurt me deeply and I can't even believe people like that are allowed to teach!! I swear on my life I'll NEVER be like that! I can't stand anyone with prejudices. I absolutely abhor any and all prejudices. It made me want to cry. After her part, there was a 10 min. break. During that break I sat there. I reflected. I just sat there and wanted to cry. After that I was distracted. I texted some, but I didn't get to text everyone. I looked around and everyone was just chatting and stuff like normal. I feel like I was the only one or one of the VERY few in that class that was truly effected. Seriously. I obviously hated all that stuff before but to see these facts in my face like that just dug deeper. I couldn't believe I was the only one sitting there silent and feeling all emotional. Ugh, it just made me so angry at all those people! The people talked about in the presentation, and the people in my class who seemed to care less!
So the point of this is...
LISTEN, because I TRULY mean this from the bottom of my heart.
If you are reading this I consider you a friend. You're my friend and I love you. I'm truly touched if you consider me a friend. I'm honored to have met you. I love you so much. I don't care what religion/gender/race/sexual-orientation/age/etc. you are. I mean I do, because I want to know about it. I want to know you. But I will love you, not despite of the fact but I love you because of it. That's a part of who you are and I accept it and I think it's amazing.
♥ Melissa
As a side note, and something to think about... why are there so many words for hate?
So I had class today (Tuesdays, March 18th 2009). And a group had a presentation. This girl's part was about racism, homophobia, violence and fear of the unknown. She said that it obviously needed to be stopped. She played a video about a Muslim girl who was discriminated against and teased after 9/11 because of her religion. She cried so much the blood vessels in her face popped and she crawled into bed and stayed there for 5 days. That's some real depression. You know what? That girl was in the 4th grade. Yeah. You know what else, it was the teacher's fault because it happened all the time in the classroom and she did nothing she even contributed to it! It was also the state's fault because this book about hating Muslims was passed out in a bunch of districts to be taught! I was appalled. I couldn't believe it. Actually, I wish that last sentence was true, but I could believe it. I HATE those kinds of people. How could you be so cruel to someone over their religion?! I can't even fathom that kind of cruelty. They also talked about racism and how some lady did a racial harmony day, which was a lot less cliché than it sounds. They also talked about how 1/3 of homosexual teens will try to kill themselves. It was also stated that 53%, 53%!! of teens have heard their teachers use a derogatory term for/towards homosexuals! I am seriously furious. These facts hurt me deeply and I can't even believe people like that are allowed to teach!! I swear on my life I'll NEVER be like that! I can't stand anyone with prejudices. I absolutely abhor any and all prejudices. It made me want to cry. After her part, there was a 10 min. break. During that break I sat there. I reflected. I just sat there and wanted to cry. After that I was distracted. I texted some, but I didn't get to text everyone. I looked around and everyone was just chatting and stuff like normal. I feel like I was the only one or one of the VERY few in that class that was truly effected. Seriously. I obviously hated all that stuff before but to see these facts in my face like that just dug deeper. I couldn't believe I was the only one sitting there silent and feeling all emotional. Ugh, it just made me so angry at all those people! The people talked about in the presentation, and the people in my class who seemed to care less!
So the point of this is...
LISTEN, because I TRULY mean this from the bottom of my heart.
If you are reading this I consider you a friend. You're my friend and I love you. I'm truly touched if you consider me a friend. I'm honored to have met you. I love you so much. I don't care what religion/gender/race/sexual-orientation/age/etc. you are. I mean I do, because I want to know about it. I want to know you. But I will love you, not despite of the fact but I love you because of it. That's a part of who you are and I accept it and I think it's amazing.
♥ Melissa
As a side note, and something to think about... why are there so many words for hate?