Ignorance In An Inclusive Society
An inclusive society is one which sees past differences in race, gender, and class and provides an equal opportunity for every member in society. Prosperous societies are based upon tolerance and knowledge. Whether that knowledge be learned or practiced, it needs to be present in order for the ignorance to die off.
“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge”- Alfred North Whitehead. Ignorance is not understanding. Ignorance is fear. Our nation right now is full of it. The ignorance, the misunderstandings, the fear. We have a country full of people stuck in their old ways and not willing to move forward, despite how advanced we have become. The United States of America as an inclusive society would have us displaying …show more content…
everything we are supposed to stand for.
An inclusive society for us as a whole, an entirety, would make The American Dream a reality. Hundreds to thousands of immigrants risk their lives to cross over to America to live out this dream. Why are we not flattered that they want what we have? They are jealous of us, envious. We are the model they want to role after. Instead we push them back into poverty and potential death. We outcast them because we are afraid they will steal our jobs or assume they are terrorists.
We shoot every black boy walking down the street then claim self defense. We tell people who they are and are not allowed to love; we have begun justifying mass shootings. This is America now, but this is not right.
If we do not want others “stealing” our jobs, go out and create more. Our citizens could be going out and getting the jobs first. 96 million Americans are unemployed. That is not the cause of immigrants, it is our fault collectively and as a whole. Americans are notably said to be some of the laziest people in the world. This should not be a stereotype of such an advanced country.
I want my brothers to be able to walk down the street in peace; I wish I did not have to tell them that if they are pulled over by a cop, look straight ahead, keep your hands on the steering wheel. Do not talk back. Do not speak unless spoken to. It is as though this country is regressing, especially after all the progress we have made in the past couple of years. Our people are becoming educated, for we are the back this country was built upon.
In 1994, 10, 637, 774 African American students enrolled in college, and graduated. In 2017 that number rose by 113%. I can just imagine how proud our ancestors, who were illiterate slaves, are today, looking down from heaven and seeing their descendants walk amongst people of every skin type with their heads held high. We are not afraid, because we are rising above. The more we are knocked down, the harder we get up. Dr. King’s dream will not be in vain; One day I will receive the same pay and respect as my white counterparts. My grandchildren and their grandchildren will not have to experience bullying because their skin is too dark or too light. We live in a society right now that is hard to please, but one day, my descendants will be living in luxury. An African American president will not be out of the norm and we will not have to fear police officers who have sworn to protect us, though they are the ones killing us.
June 26, 2015, President Barack Obama and his administration, as well as Congress, legalized same-sex marriage across the United States. Some celebrated, others scorned. No matter what your feelings were to this, it took us one step closer to becoming the society we need to be. While this does not personally affect me, I do believe that love is love. Who are we to tell anyone who they are not allowed to marry? How dare we reject those who love someone of the same gender, or tell them their worth. 90% of LGBT teens in high schools across America committed suicide last year. That is a much larger number than it should be. There should not be even one person who decided taking their own life was better than being shunned by their family, their friends, or their country.
An inclusive society will be one without violence. However, there will always be violence in the world. Why must we normalize and justify it? Why is it so easy to walk into a school and shoot innocent children? Why do I have to be afraid for my siblings and I to go to school on some days? How many more people have to lose their lives or lose a loved one before we realize this is a real issue? There should be no way a man should be able to purchase more than 40 guns without raising any suspicion, purchase the items online to make these guns illegal, and enter a public hotel with said guns, only for him to be the cause of the largest mass shooting in The United States of America. Until the next one comes along. Why do we defend this man and say he had a mental disorder, why do we investigate his childhood to find a cause for his hate?
Yet, that Muslim man who shot and killed only a few people is a terrorist right away, and we begin to shun others who look like him.
We do not defend him by hiding his motives behind a mental disorder, we claim he’s a terrorist, and apart of ISIS. We do not dig into his past and search for and investigate a potential motive, instead we kill him in a shootout. Now we don’t have the answers we need. And why do we romanticize them by creating a movie based on these events? Giving them fame, that is not the answer. Why do we fear those who do not look like us?
An inclusive society. In an inclusive society, we will not tell foreigners to learn english before they come to our country, Our president will not be taunting a threatening and unstable country through a social media network meant for teenagers and young adults. He will not be insulting other countries using vulgar language. My men will be able to get into their cars without fearing if they will return home alive. Parents will no longer have to bury their babies and wonder what would have happened if they had not sent them to school that day.
Our veterans will not be living under bridges. We will not justify a killer’s intentions. I will be chosen for a job based on my experience and knowledge, not based on the color of my skin.
America is stuck in ignorance, and it is not blissful. It is painful. It is
destructive.
“The United States of America must become an inclusive society where the rights and cultures of all people are respected”-Naeem Baig. We have come so close, too close to be regressing at the rate we are now. We took four steps forward and six steps back. However, this is just a set back. I do believe we can be a society based around hope and love instead of hate and destruction.
One day we will be a society people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi imagined. We will all be equal and we will be blessed abundantly. We are going to be the country all others strive to be, we will no longer in debt, but in a surplus. There will be no more fear of war, but peace to go around. It will not happen overnight. We might never see it, but if I know there is a chance my great-great-great grandchildren will be able to live in this promised land, I will do anything I can to see it come to pass.
“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge”- Alfred North Whitehead. Ignorance is not understanding. Ignorance is fear. Our nation right now is full of it. The ignorance, the misunderstandings, the fear. We have a country full of people stuck in their old ways and not willing to move forward, despite how advanced we have become. The United States of America as an inclusive society would have us displaying …show more content…
everything we are supposed to stand for.
An inclusive society for us as a whole, an entirety, would make The American Dream a reality. Hundreds to thousands of immigrants risk their lives to cross over to America to live out this dream. Why are we not flattered that they want what we have? They are jealous of us, envious. We are the model they want to role after. Instead we push them back into poverty and potential death. We outcast them because we are afraid they will steal our jobs or assume they are terrorists.
We shoot every black boy walking down the street then claim self defense. We tell people who they are and are not allowed to love; we have begun justifying mass shootings. This is America now, but this is not right.
If we do not want others “stealing” our jobs, go out and create more. Our citizens could be going out and getting the jobs first. 96 million Americans are unemployed. That is not the cause of immigrants, it is our fault collectively and as a whole. Americans are notably said to be some of the laziest people in the world. This should not be a stereotype of such an advanced country.
I want my brothers to be able to walk down the street in peace; I wish I did not have to tell them that if they are pulled over by a cop, look straight ahead, keep your hands on the steering wheel. Do not talk back. Do not speak unless spoken to. It is as though this country is regressing, especially after all the progress we have made in the past couple of years. Our people are becoming educated, for we are the back this country was built upon.
In 1994, 10, 637, 774 African American students enrolled in college, and graduated. In 2017 that number rose by 113%. I can just imagine how proud our ancestors, who were illiterate slaves, are today, looking down from heaven and seeing their descendants walk amongst people of every skin type with their heads held high. We are not afraid, because we are rising above. The more we are knocked down, the harder we get up. Dr. King’s dream will not be in vain; One day I will receive the same pay and respect as my white counterparts. My grandchildren and their grandchildren will not have to experience bullying because their skin is too dark or too light. We live in a society right now that is hard to please, but one day, my descendants will be living in luxury. An African American president will not be out of the norm and we will not have to fear police officers who have sworn to protect us, though they are the ones killing us.
June 26, 2015, President Barack Obama and his administration, as well as Congress, legalized same-sex marriage across the United States. Some celebrated, others scorned. No matter what your feelings were to this, it took us one step closer to becoming the society we need to be. While this does not personally affect me, I do believe that love is love. Who are we to tell anyone who they are not allowed to marry? How dare we reject those who love someone of the same gender, or tell them their worth. 90% of LGBT teens in high schools across America committed suicide last year. That is a much larger number than it should be. There should not be even one person who decided taking their own life was better than being shunned by their family, their friends, or their country.
An inclusive society will be one without violence. However, there will always be violence in the world. Why must we normalize and justify it? Why is it so easy to walk into a school and shoot innocent children? Why do I have to be afraid for my siblings and I to go to school on some days? How many more people have to lose their lives or lose a loved one before we realize this is a real issue? There should be no way a man should be able to purchase more than 40 guns without raising any suspicion, purchase the items online to make these guns illegal, and enter a public hotel with said guns, only for him to be the cause of the largest mass shooting in The United States of America. Until the next one comes along. Why do we defend this man and say he had a mental disorder, why do we investigate his childhood to find a cause for his hate?
Yet, that Muslim man who shot and killed only a few people is a terrorist right away, and we begin to shun others who look like him.
We do not defend him by hiding his motives behind a mental disorder, we claim he’s a terrorist, and apart of ISIS. We do not dig into his past and search for and investigate a potential motive, instead we kill him in a shootout. Now we don’t have the answers we need. And why do we romanticize them by creating a movie based on these events? Giving them fame, that is not the answer. Why do we fear those who do not look like us?
An inclusive society. In an inclusive society, we will not tell foreigners to learn english before they come to our country, Our president will not be taunting a threatening and unstable country through a social media network meant for teenagers and young adults. He will not be insulting other countries using vulgar language. My men will be able to get into their cars without fearing if they will return home alive. Parents will no longer have to bury their babies and wonder what would have happened if they had not sent them to school that day.
Our veterans will not be living under bridges. We will not justify a killer’s intentions. I will be chosen for a job based on my experience and knowledge, not based on the color of my skin.
America is stuck in ignorance, and it is not blissful. It is painful. It is
destructive.
“The United States of America must become an inclusive society where the rights and cultures of all people are respected”-Naeem Baig. We have come so close, too close to be regressing at the rate we are now. We took four steps forward and six steps back. However, this is just a set back. I do believe we can be a society based around hope and love instead of hate and destruction.
One day we will be a society people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi imagined. We will all be equal and we will be blessed abundantly. We are going to be the country all others strive to be, we will no longer in debt, but in a surplus. There will be no more fear of war, but peace to go around. It will not happen overnight. We might never see it, but if I know there is a chance my great-great-great grandchildren will be able to live in this promised land, I will do anything I can to see it come to pass.