life...
"Graham: It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people, people bump into you. In L.A., nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think we miss that touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something. "- Crash opening lines...
We go through life, passing people by, constantly changing who we are to adapt to this so called world. I have recently been thinking a lot about life, what I want in it, etc. Watching Crash last week has made me aware of so many situations that we, as society in general, try to avoid because they are so cliche and out of the societal norm to discuss. Something is triggered within me when I watch this movie, I don't know whether it is the fact that it discusses and makes a point of addressing issues not many people like to talk about or the fact that it in some weird way hit home for me. I have noticed, since first seeing the movie last semester, that a lot of the issues they focused on and addressed in the movie itself, actually happen on a day to day basis, sometimes in the conversations I have myself. I have tried to adapt my language and how I act to specific groups of people so that I don't offend people, but at the same time, I want to be called out on it if I do for some reason offend someone because I won't learn what is acceptable and what isn't if I am not told. I hate how this world strives to all be accepting of everyone, especially the US, but then we go and elect a president who willingly goes and fights other peoples because he just wanted to get someone out of power because his dad couldn't do it and now we are losing innocent men, soldiers of the US military and family members and everything else. It is a saddening situation for me because I don't believe in any shape, way, or form that we should be at war or still have troops over seas, but then again, I don't run this country and I really don't have a say, but I'm not the only one who feels this way. I don't know, I mean, I wish I could change the world, mainly because a lot of things kinda suck in it right now. People constantly attack other people based on their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. and it just makes me so sad to the point that I want to cry. I hate how ignorant people are, how unaccepting and how close-minded some people are about certain issues in today's society and the fact that we still have to fight issues we as a whole world try to abolish just makes me so frustrated and sad.
I don't know where this came from, but you know how you listen to a certain song or are in a particular frame of mind and then you have all these thoughts and ideas come to your head? Well I think that is what happened. Listening to "In the Deep" by Bird York, I got the initial inspiration to write this all down.
I guess, what I'm trying to say is that try to be more aware and considerate of how you say things, try not to offend someone by saying something inconsiderate and if you hear someone, whether it be a stranger, friend, or partner, say something negative towards someone or a particular group or people, address it. Just that one time could eventually make them aware of what they have learned from our society and if we do it enough, we can make a small impact in the world. I don't know if everyone will do this, if anyone actually reads this bullshit, but just try, for me, to change the world, one little step at a time, simply by addressing derogatory or racist or hateful comments about other groups of people or other people. Not a lot to ask, really if you think about it.
We go through life, passing people by, constantly changing who we are to adapt to this so called world. I have recently been thinking a lot about life, what I want in it, etc. Watching Crash last week has made me aware of so many situations that we, as society in general, try to avoid because they are so cliche and out of the societal norm to discuss. Something is triggered within me when I watch this movie, I don't know whether it is the fact that it discusses and makes a point of addressing issues not many people like to talk about or the fact that it in some weird way hit home for me. I have noticed, since first seeing the movie last semester, that a lot of the issues they focused on and addressed in the movie itself, actually happen on a day to day basis, sometimes in the conversations I have myself. I have tried to adapt my language and how I act to specific groups of people so that I don't offend people, but at the same time, I want to be called out on it if I do for some reason offend someone because I won't learn what is acceptable and what isn't if I am not told. I hate how this world strives to all be accepting of everyone, especially the US, but then we go and elect a president who willingly goes and fights other peoples because he just wanted to get someone out of power because his dad couldn't do it and now we are losing innocent men, soldiers of the US military and family members and everything else. It is a saddening situation for me because I don't believe in any shape, way, or form that we should be at war or still have troops over seas, but then again, I don't run this country and I really don't have a say, but I'm not the only one who feels this way. I don't know, I mean, I wish I could change the world, mainly because a lot of things kinda suck in it right now. People constantly attack other people based on their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc. and it just makes me so sad to the point that I want to cry. I hate how ignorant people are, how unaccepting and how close-minded some people are about certain issues in today's society and the fact that we still have to fight issues we as a whole world try to abolish just makes me so frustrated and sad.
I don't know where this came from, but you know how you listen to a certain song or are in a particular frame of mind and then you have all these thoughts and ideas come to your head? Well I think that is what happened. Listening to "In the Deep" by Bird York, I got the initial inspiration to write this all down.
I guess, what I'm trying to say is that try to be more aware and considerate of how you say things, try not to offend someone by saying something inconsiderate and if you hear someone, whether it be a stranger, friend, or partner, say something negative towards someone or a particular group or people, address it. Just that one time could eventually make them aware of what they have learned from our society and if we do it enough, we can make a small impact in the world. I don't know if everyone will do this, if anyone actually reads this bullshit, but just try, for me, to change the world, one little step at a time, simply by addressing derogatory or racist or hateful comments about other groups of people or other people. Not a lot to ask, really if you think about it.