A society that gains the freedom of self-governance and freedom of speech also gains the responsibility to speak up and take action when it recognizes injustice, corruption, cruelty, prejudice, deception, or discrimination taking place within its community.
Discrimination
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How I Discovered That I Was Discriminating
I consider myself to be a very open-minded individual, so the recent realization that I was being discriminative shocked me. The last thing I want to do is discriminate -- it wasn't intentional, it only lasted about ten seconds, and I discovered that I was doing it almost entirely by accident.
I want to share this story with you so that you can be more aware of your own actions and mental processes and hopefully avoid making the same mistake that I made.
As I travel around India, I receive many stares and looks from the local people. Even some of the animals look at me funny! But it's not everyone. Some people stare non-stop until I pass them, but others just glance at me and then look away, as if I was any other human being (the normal type of interaction you'd expect between two strangers).
After a few weeks of getting stares, the fact that it wasn't everyone staring started to bug me: I'm just another human, why do some of you have to stare at me? Continue reading