#realequality

The whole “I’m not like other people” movement should really be called the “I don’t want people to treat me the way they treat other people” movement because that’s what it really is. People know that a person who wears makeup is as respectable as a person who wears none. A person who’s played every Final Fantasy game is as respectable as a person who digs Candy Crush. A person who started their own law firm is as respectable as a single person who works in the service industry. A person who enjoys casual sex is as respectable as a person who has never had her first kiss. A person who has no interest in people is as respectable as a person who loves their partner. A person who reads People magazine is as respectable as a person who reads Dostoyevsky.    People have been extensively shamed for saying “I’m not like other people” when what they are really saying, maybe without knowing it, is “I’ve heard the way people talk about specific types of people, typically people who do things that they don’t understand or relate to, and I really, really want them to separate me from that and see me as a person who is worthy of being respected.” How much respect a person gets from people is very rarely indicative of how much they deserves.    “I don’t want you to treat me the way you treat other people, because you treat other people like shit.”

So many people are putting the average white person down because the average white person puts black,gay,ect people down but after gaining equal rights they still keep hanging in the point where they want to feel better.