Discrimination

Discrimination has been a touchy subject for just about forever, but for me it is just another fact of life. Of course we always want things to be as fair as possible. We make laws to ensure equal treatment for everyone, and many of those laws are needed to prevent violence and hate. However, discrimination cannot be totally eliminated. EVERYONE discriminates every day whether they know it or not. You discriminate between your clothing to decide what to wear. You discriminate between different houses to decide where you want to live. Discrimination could really be called judging, and people usually have no problem with it until it involves other people. But don't we all judge people every day? When you see a guy walking down the street who looks kind of shady, do you try to avoid him? When you see a person who you think is ugly, do you want to be friends with them? Would you take an overweight person's advice on how to lose weight? Those are just a few examples of the countless ways we discriminate. So when does discrimination go too far? When you discriminate against someone because of the color of their skin? How is that any different than discriminating against someone who is ugly? I recently saw a guy on t.v. who admitted that if he wanted to hire someone, and he had two candidates with equal qualifications, he would hire the better-looking person. WHAT? If he said that about a black person and a white person, I'm sure he would have had all kinds of people very upset with him, and he probably would have lost his job. Yet, everyone seemed to accept it as a fact of life that prettier people get breaks that ugly people do not. So tell me, how can an ugly person change the fact that they were born ugly any more than a black person can change the fact that they were born black? Don't give me that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" bullshit. Everyone knows that certain people are just not as good-looking as others. That's a fact of life, just like discrimination is a fact of life. So what do we do about it? ACCEPT IT. Don't accept major injustices, but don't be too sensitive either. As you may have heard, life isn't fare, so don't expect it to be. Maybe you didn't get that job you wanted because you weren't good looking enough or even because of your race or religion. Move on. Find the people and things that make you happy, and forget about those who don't accept you.