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The Illusion of Equality
In order to understand the meaning
of how deep and horrible racism and
sexism is, we have to analyze the basis
of it.
The definition of racism is the belief
that characteristics, abilities and, in
extend, opportunities, can be given
to people only through the basis of
their race (or sex, as far as sexism is
concerned).
For the sake of the argument, I am
going to call all forms of prejudice,
racism.
The darkest form of racism is the
belief that one group, whether that is
race, sex, religion or political group, is
superior to all the others.
It may have appeared through fear
and developed as a weapon against
anything that has taking us out of our
comfort zone, but it has not subsided. In
fact, is has increased.
Women began their revolution first
with acquiring the rights to vote, wear
what they want and have a general
sexual freedom.
Homosexuals, bisexuals, transvestites
and transgender have established a
somewhat similar revolution with
earning rights of marriage for example.
But are we really living in an era of
great Equality? Has equality really been
achieved or is it just an illusion?
What concerns me the most is that
every time I ask someone a question
aboutracism, I get the same “lolly pop”
answers, “Of course we believe in
equality,” “I am not racist, I love black
people,” “I would love to have a gay
friend” and so on.
The new racism is not being racist
and to be honest, I consider this a far
worse case of discrimination than the
origins of racism itself.
In Europe, people believe they have
progressed.
Coming from a Christian background
I hear about acceptance all the time.
But God forbid one of MY children
to be gay.
Of course they won’t say it to my
face. As nobody will say that I cannot
chop wood or drive a lorry, because I’m
a woman.
Nowadays in Europe, we are all happy
and accepting to everyone’s faces, we
label our coffee shops Gay friendly and
we hang out with people with different
sexual preferences because that will
make us cool.
We will smile politely if one of them
finds their way into our church and we
will be very careful to be politically
correct.
But that doesn’t solve the problem.
“Let them be homophobic behind
closed doors,” comedian Eddie Izzard
said.
We are not hurting anyone as long
as we are proper and nice when we are
outside and happen to encounter one of
them.
But that doesn’t solve a problem at
all.
Masking the problem brings no
solutions.
I’m not saying that there is not a
significant improvement from the people
who were sentenced to life in prison
or even died proclaiming their sexual
preference and insisting it was a part of
them, and not a demonic disfiguration
like many Christians believe.
But it is still far from being elimi