I think I was riding the bus when it finally hit me. The things that I've so long been angry, and upset about. Christians, and Hispanics. Hmm, weird combination right? Well, just look at the title.
Im going to be very honest in here, and I hope if You read this You dont view me differently. I used to be majorly racist towards Hispanics. Ive had SO many wrong run - ins with a few hispanics in my city. I viewed them all the same: rude, gross, sluts, and pigs. I was at the mall one day, and I remember an old man (Hispanic) stared me and my friend down: stared us down. We were only in what, 6th grade? I was so freaked out, and extremely angry. I told my mother "Mom, Im going to flick him off. I dont care what You say". And so I did, and I was extremely fine with it.
Whenever I was around friends who were fine with Hispanics, they would always say things like "Their just trying to find a better life here, not all of them are the same". I just sat back and thought to myself "Yeah, okay. Their just ruining the country and raping everyone". (Like I said, Im being honest.)
But sitting on the bus today, I realized that their somewhat in the same positions as Christians. I watched a video at church last Wednesday, and it was about a "bull horn guy" who stood on the streets yelling at people about Christ: and that if You didnt follow God, You'd burn in hell forever. Sorry, I feel like Im going all over the place with this blog trying to get my point across, just stick with me. Hold on, let me try and find that video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLIkeltz4z4 <---- Here it is.
Anyways, it really just hit me: one person can mess up everyones perception of something.
- Christians: people take being a Christian so lightly. Thats why so many people get the wrong opinion about us. There are some Christians who claim to be bold, and they go around partying and doing un - Godly things. This really hurts, knowing this is what is "representing" a Christian
- Hispanics: the way that man stared me down in the mall, really changed my view on all hispanics. It makes me feel bad for all the Mexicans who are seriously trying to change their lives here in America: it just makes them look bad.
I hope this makes sense. Im not going to read over it before I post it, Im a bit too tired for that: haha. But like I said, this is me being completely honest.
Thanks for reading, :)
This was a really interesting blog post. It made me think a lot about people's attitudes in society.
ReplyDeleteI believe that in a certain part of everyones life time, be it through personal experience or from ignorance we all prejudge and generalise people because of the way they act and behave towards us. However, it takes understanding and time for us all to grow up and understand that this is the wrong way of approaching life and people. And your blog post, filled with your honesty is evidence that you are becoming more open minded about society and the way we all see the world. T'was a very interesting read. :D