i have decided

if i dun become a doctor, or a chemist when i grow up, i will be an ambassador against religion and racial discrimination!

i mean it. dun laugh.

i even thought of a name for it. the BROWN RIBBON CAMPAIGN.

why brown? u ask. well...add red, brown, white, black, yellow, or in other words, all the different skin colours of races. and what do u get? black plus white=grey, red plus yellow=orange, therefore by estimation, grey+orange+brown=brown? i'm quite sure of it. so i shall launch the BROWN RIBBON CAMPAIGN, an all out effort against racism and religious discrimination. and when that happens, i hope everyone out there will support my movement. i thank u all in advance.

let me preach.

racial and religious discrimination is commonly seen in our society. daily, we hear of killings going on in other countries, if not our own. news of murder of people from a different race, genocides in rwanda and sudan and europe during the holocaust(there is so much info on the holocaust so just google "holocaust" and read urself) which shocked the world when news of them spread are very real cases of religious and racial discrimination. but the question is, is racial and religious discrimination inevitable? my answer is, NO. it only SEEMS inevitable because we humans made it so. i am a 16 year old girl, and if i can live in harmony with different races, why cant u?

ppl talk abt the fear factor in racial and religious discrimination. it is true, actually. humans are selfish creatures. we constantly fear. in the working world, we fear that our colleagues will out-perform us, we fear that we wun get promoted, we fear that someone else might come along and rob us of our jobs. in school, we fear that someone else might trump us in an exam, leaving us stumped and feeling stupid, we fear that our friends will hate us, so we constantly change ourselves to keep our friends etc. yes. i do not deny that all of us fear. even i do. its human to fear, because humans are selfish, and think only of themselves.

but because humans are he2 qun2 de4 dong4 wu4 (er...groupy animals?!) we dun work alone. thus ppl tend to gather together, in their own "species", or race/religion to fear other races/religions. why does a race fear another? well, imagine this. u and ur ppl have been living in country A for a long time. then alonng comes this group of ppl who are 1)smarter, 2)more efficient than u. they settle in country A and live happily, using the country's resources, but bringing good economical growth to the country. being the country's original inhabitants, u are AFRAID that one day they might take over and run ur country, leading the country. u then feel that its odd to have foreigners leading ur country, and u suddenly feel that u dun want them here anymore, thus u start to HATE them, and want them out. see how fear leads to hate now? but though some hate comes out of fear, some ppl hate just for the sake of hating. just because they dun like ur skin colour, they hate u. just because they dun like the way u speak, they hate u. but think abt it ppl. isnt it totally brainless and stupid to discriminate against skin colour? its not as if u can help being born a certain colour. why cant everyone live in harmony and be friends? we all share a world. i think i'm being emotional but i'll say this. if the above story abt country A and its inhabitants happens, shouldn the inhabitants be happy? foreigners are IMPROVING the economy for their country. they should be grateful to them! not hate them! besides, if country A is pissed that their leaders are foreigners, then make them citizens! set a rule, or a law or smth.

since we all live on this earth, we have to learn how to share. we have to put our selfishness aside and think. is it worth it hating and killing others just because u fear them for selfish reasons? everyone is a daughter or a son of someone else. do u think it is fair to rob someone of their child? how would u feel if someone took ur child away from u?

as for religious discrimination, i feel its a more complicated matter to explain.according to the internet, religious discrimination is "valuing a person or group lower because of their religion, or treating someone differently because of what they do or don't believe". that, i noe, but what i dunno is WHY. i seriously dun understand. issit because of fear too? but i dunno what's there to be afraid of. but i noe most religious people believe that their god is the one true god. well, yes it is true. but cant EVERYONE share a god? god is universal. its like, even though diff religions have diff gods, their teachings are generally alike. 1) god is merciful. 2) god loves his children 3) god will look upon u when u need him 4) do not sin 5) do good, and u will be repaid. do bad, and retribution will befall u 6) in life, coming together is fate 7) we were created by god. of course, there are discrepancies, but i will not discuss them here, because to discuss i'll need to give examples, thus indirectly naming the religion i'm talking abt. but seriously, if every god teaches us to be good, merciful, and loving, why cant we believe in all gods? if u dun want to believe that god is universal, at least make an effort to accept and respect others' gods, and not stubbornly argue that ur god is the true god.

sometimes, religious discrimination becomes so serious that ppl fight or kill one another. well, isnt that ironic? god teaches us to love, care and show mercy to others. He teaches us to forgive all who have done us wrong, and love them in return. but look what the religious followers of god are doing? everytime i read abt killings because of this i get very upset. because i dun understand why. reallie, if U LOVE UR GOD, ABIDE BY HIS TEACHINGS! like what's the meaning of this? i thought religious ppl respect their gods and love their gods. well if u respect god, and is a follower of god, u have to learn from Him and practice what He teaches! how do u think god will feel up there when He sees his people killing others? what makes u think all the gods up there dun wish for everyone to respect every god? i'm sorrie i'm getting very emo here, but i reallie feel damn strongly abt this.

i want everyone to live in harmony, is that so hard? i want to see the whole world holding hands and loving one another, is that so difficult? i want to see everyone making an effort to help others who are in need, and i noe that can be done. there's a chinese saying, ren3 yi1 shi2, feng1 ping2 lang4 jing4. tui4 yi1 bu4, hai3 kuo4 tian1 kong1. tolerance and giving in to others is very very impt. i guess if everyone can do that, there will be less cause for emo ppl like me to rant like this.

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