dreamer
i’ve recently read Song Yet Sung by Richard McBride for school. I usually hate books that are required from school because I feel like they always talk about things in the past that we always learn about like discrimination and etc. This book does talk about slavery and racism but McBride does it in a way where it makes us realize how little progress we’ve made as a whole. Yes, we have equal rights for every one here in the US but none of us take advantage of that. If people from the 1800s to the 1900s came to see society today, what would they say? When I go to school, I see voluntary segregation. There is a distinct line between the spanish, the blacks, the whites, the nerds, the party people, the poor, the rich… And the sad thing is, people in those groups judge others. People are always like “those spanish kids in A-hall” or “them white people…” They don’t try to get to know each other. I honestly think it’s because people are scared to take risks and go outside their comfort zone to experience something that’s different or something their friends don’t approve of. It’s not just in school, it happens everywhere. What does “equality” even mean? Because we have technically achieved it but it’s as if the laws and rights we have are just there to show that we’re all equal rather than to express it. It’s just disappointing to see what society really is. People have worked so hard in history to fight for everything we have now but we don’t even take advantage of it.
