Personal Narrative: When We Rise

A few days ago, my boyfriend Taylor and I watched some of “When We Rise.” It sparked some interesting conversations between us. We were watching it and I was embarrassed to admit it at first, but the intimate scenes were making me a little uncomfortable. I was somewhat confused because I have always been accepting of homosexuality and did not understand the dissonance I was experiencing. I thought about it and decided to bring it up to Taylor and discuss why I may feel like that. I started off by explaining that I was not complaining about the intimate scenes nor did I think they should not be shown, rather I would like to know why I feel that way so I can work on changing that. He suggested that maybe I felt uneasy when watching it because that it not what I am “into.” He said this is the reason that he feels that way. I pondered this for a bit and realized that I didn’t think that was it for me. I said something along the lines of “If I was not into something or did not like it then it probably would not get my attention or make me feel anything.” I gave the example that you might not like bananas but you don’t feel uncomfortable every time you see them. He thought that …show more content…
I brought up that most people that are racist were taught those attitudes by their parents and then their parents before them. Yes, both things are incredibly terrible but I could also see how they could continue to occur if individuals did not know better. But that’s the thing, we do know better. And it seems that every generation gets more educated and gets a little bit better at overcoming these biases. Yes, I am ashamed that I involuntarily felt uncomfortable by the intimate gay scenes, but I believe the fact that I can look into myself and see that it is not right to feel that way is important. I can now try to work on that for myself and do my best to make sure my future children are taught to be even more loving and accepting than I