it's so easy to settle into a false sense of security when you're living in one of the most liberal cities in the country. (and even when you're not.) i take so much for granted. i very easily - and very often - forget that there are people in the world that harbor a lot of hate, and that no one is entirely safe from that.
a college classmate of mine was recently assaulted in D.C. he has dedicated his life to GLBT activism, and he was severely beaten - for being gay, for being black, for being outspoken, or for any of the above.
discrimination is real.
hate is real.
i want this to stir me. i want to hold on to this shaken feeling that i have, so that i am not so quick to be lulled back into my comfortable bubble.
complacence. is this at the heart of what i'm fighting?
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