As I was scrolling down my newsfeed I saw something that really pissed me off. It was a hashtag that said #stopwhitepeople2k16. Uhm what?! So because of my skin you want to stop my people? Stop us from what exactly? Being racist? I didnāt do that. Being Homophobic? I didnāt do that. My sweet 4 year old cousin didnāt do that. But.. sheās white, Iām white, so we must be stopped. Nice, I am really loving the logic.Ā
Name one good thing that has come from putting an entire category of people in a box and naming them all to be bad.Ā
Do you wanna call a friend and ask them for the answer?
Still canāt think of one? THATāS RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS NEVER GOOD
NOT ALL BLACKS ARE BAD BUT NOT ALL BLACKS ARE GOOD
NOT ALL WHITES ARE GOOD BUT NOT ALL WHITES ARE BAD
NOT ALL PEOPLE WITH BROWN SKIN(Iād rather not list them all, you know if it applies to you or not) ARE GOOD BUT THEYāRE NOT ALL BAD EITHER
NOT ALL RED HEADS ARE (insert stereotype of your choice here)
NOT ALL BLUE EYESĀ (insert stereotype of your choice here)
And letās go beyond skin
NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE ARE NICE BUT NOT ALL GAYS ARE MEAN EITHER
NOT ALL-- THERE IS NO ALL WE ARE NOT ONE BIG CATEGORY WE ARE INDIVIDUALS AND I AM SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS EVERY TIME I SEE RACISM OR SEXISM OR ANY BAD THING EVER CATEGORIZING HUMAN BEINGS
Each and every person on this planet has this thing called free will. What they do with that free will determines whether theyāre bad or good. Not their skin color, not their eye color, not their hair color, not what they wear or who theyāre attracted to.Ā
And guess what. Some people wonāt listen to me because Iām a white girl. Just like some wonāt listen to a black boy or girl, some wonāt listen to a muslim girl or boy, some wonāt listen.Ā
Some will still be racist, some will still be sexist. Some will still be rude, some will still smoke even though theyāve seen the scary ads about how bad cigarettes are, some will still break the law, some will still be awful people and we canāt change or stop that. Iām not saying we should try to change every single person or force them to be good because that is physically impossible. But you know what is possible? Changing ourselves. Give white people the same chance that you give blacks, muslims, asians, straights, bi, trans
MY GOSH JUST BE NICE. YOU CANT MAKE EVERYONE BE NICE BUT YOU CAN BE NICE AND YOUR NICENESS WILL INFLUENCE OTHERS. YOU CANT DO ANYTHING BUT CHANGE YOURSELF AND I HOPE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT CLUMPING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND GIVING THEM A LABEL OR A STEREOTYPE. JUST STOP
Iām not a feminist or a meninist or a whatever else there is. I want you to treat me the same way youād treat that other girl or that other boy, ect. Just be nice. Seriously, itās not that hard.Ā
Please, please please spread this around. Iām honestly so done with the world Iām seeing.Ā