Equality

Equality

What is equality? Equality is where all is equal. Most notably equality within people, within the world.  

Equality today is kind of teetering on a balance. Many say “Of course we’re all equal! This is a changed time.” Or something along those lines.

Yet, looking at the world, and the stuff happening everyday, it’s kind of hard to believe we all really believe in equality, and of course not all people believe in it anyway, but most of the world probably believes in equality, or at least thinks it does.

Now, it’s very clear that we should all be treated equally, but that doesn’t happen today, at least not for everyone.

Why is that?

Well, some reasons are belief or lack of belief, heritage, race, sex/gender, sexuality, even mental illnesses, and possibly physical disabilities. There is so much for people to be uncomfortable with, and even hate, that people attack each other for being this-or-that and that-and-this. A lot of this happens on the internet, where anonymity is a big thing, where people can hide behind a screen.

Now touching on the hidden identity thing and the internet, much lack of respect is prominent, and respect is a big thing that ties in with equality, in my opinion.

Because no matter a person's race, gender, sexuality, heritage, mental and physical abilities, job, title, or age, we should all treat each other with respect.

Sure, there are a lot of bad people that no one would think deserves any respect, but there are also good people, who most people would believe deserve much respect. That isn’t right. Good or bad, everyone should be respected. Of course, some may not always agree with someone, but they can still be respectful, and treated the same, treated how they would like to be treated in a sense.

For example, someone may believe in a something that another does not, but while they disagree with each others beliefs, or lack of belief, they still respect one another. They respect each other by not getting into heated arguments, but rather they talk about their beliefs, in civil and calm moods when both feel up to talk.

This is not the case for everyone, yet it would be a welcome change.

Other reasons for people not treating others with equality is stereotypes, and ideas and images of a certain group of people, or one person in particular that eventually grows into a stereotype, such as, for example, Muslims. With ISIS on the horizon, society around the world kind of developed an idea that all Muslims were terrorists, when this is simply not true. Muslims who fled their country receive discrimination, just because of an idea about Muslims, an untrue idea. Most immigrant and refugee Muslims are most likely just people trying to escape their country, to look for a better life. Of course there will always be thorns on the bush, and it gets hard to pick out the thorns sometimes, but if people began seeing everyone else as their own individual, not part of a mass of sameness, equality could fully bloom.

Now, I’m not saying every immigrant and refugee should be welcome without pause into other countries, but people could make an effort to break those stereotypes and maybe even develop personal relationships with people before, for example, accepting them into a country.

That would become a long process, but the end product could be so amazing,and it would, yet again, push the idea of equality.

Everyone Is Their Own Person.

Break Stereotypes.

Crush Inequality.

See People For Themselves, Not What Society Makes Them Out To Be.