Jayne Ogrodnik's class, 1999 |
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In these days a lot of people talk about tolerance and equal rights. The fact is that most people look down on each other because of
their occupation, education, appearance, religion, culture, gender, sexual orientation, color of one's skin and a lot more. There's
discrimination, suppression and racism all over the world. I think a lot of misunderstanding rises up because of prejudice, not knowing
other cultures, religions and maybe many people are afraid of that and so they act in a hostile manner.
It makes me sad and furious at the same time that mankind hasn't learned from all wars, violence and injustice that happened in the last centuries. The people act in that way, they ever did, they waste all their energy fighting against each other. But I don't want to generalize. On the other hand, there are also many people/unions and groups who work hard for tolerance, respect and equal rights and against hostility and prejudice. With the growing/developing globalization, mankind should be aware that all the different nations and countries only could live in peace when they learn to accept and respect the variety of their cultures, religions, backgrounds and history. I think it depends on each of us to contribute to this process. |