Essay On Prejudice And Bilinguality

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Maybe its because of the way my parents raised me. Maybe its the city I grew up in. Maybe its the people I surround myself with. Maybe its just the way I choose to perceive the world. Whatever it is, I just know for sure that I can 't fathom what the world is today.

I have been described as a dreamer, an optimist, irrational, and naive my whole life when it comes societal functions. It 's actually quiet annoying. However, if I really am all these things, is it all that bad? Is having a positive outlook such a terrible, absurd thing? Are we as a human race that far gone that hope has also diminished? In my naive, childish eyes, I think not. I just think we 're lost.

This rant is not only in light of recent events, its in light of everything
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We all breathe. We all eat, sleep, get sick, get better. We all have brains and a beating heart. We all have the capacity to feel emotions. So what is it that makes one better and one lesser? Is it colour? ethnicity? religion? caste? sex? gender? physical disability? socioeconomic standing? Seriously, what is …show more content…
I 'm not saying we aren 't different. What I 'm trying to say is that our differences don 't make us better or less than anyone, they just make us unique. A cupcake can be 100 different colours, it can have many different flavours, designs, textures, but at the end of the day, its still baked and it tastes phenomenal. Humans are like cupcakes too! We have our differences, but in the end we are all humans and all spectacular! We have so much potential.

And you know what, why does it even matter what colour we are, or what our faith is or how much we have in our bank accounts? We need to mind our own bloody business. As a super materialistic, egoistic society we sure do think about others. I just cant grasp the idea why someone else 's life can somehow bother someone so greatly that they want to hurt somebody. Honestly, you do you boo, and they 'll do what they want. Just leave people be. How do we accept to be loved and respected when we can 't do the same. There are so many double standards in the world and frankly its

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