posted October 12, 2013 12:40 AM
I am so angry right now and I don't understand.My trigger today was racism, as well as prejudice in general.
What I don't understand is why don't people realize that as individuals, we are building blocks of a whole? We are responsible for our own actions. Why should an action one person commits suddenly become the burden for his or her entire race? Why does society allow to continuously perpetuate stereotypes and the type of insular patriotism/nationalism that keeps people separated from one another?
My entire life is built on the dichotomies of expectation VS realism. I am not a passive female, I have never been treated as someone's princess, I have no strong cultural ties for my mixed blood, I do not identify with larger groups for any certain anything.
I'm not even sure if I'm really making sense.
I am me. I am self. I am whatever I want to be.
I feel like I'm constantly being told to fit into a mold of how I should be. When I try, I am told it is not good enough. I will never belong to a certain stereotype. It makes me angry that I should have to be asked to. It makes me angry that it looks like that some people are only comfortable with putting down one group in order for another group to feel happy, safe, and healthy. I don't understand these things.