Maybe Holland was onto something after all. I now have the liberty to express what I previously could not due to a lack of suitable platform. This'll do.
There is something that has been bothering me a lot lately, both in my personal life and world wide....PREJUDICE - an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
I'm not just talking racism, although sadly that is just as rampant in 2012 as it has ever been. I mean the judgement of others based on religion, sexual preference, hair, clothing, tattoos, and other such pointless things. To see anyone and think a certain way about them because of what you experienced with someone else who had similar characteristics, or to assume that a person is a what you think they are based on untruths you've been told in the past is simply irresponsible. And quite juvenile. I am so much more than meets the eye. If you can get past the physical, my dark skin and kinky hair, big lips and wide hips, the bible in my purse and my tattoo covered body, perhaps you could find out that I am a sister, a friend, a daughter, an aunt, a girlfriend, a teacher, a humanitarian...but most importantly, I am a human. Just like you. With feelings and opinions. With highs and lows. Strengths and imperfections. With enough love in my heart to spare to even a stranger who may have prejudged me.
I would like to encourage you to get out of your own way. Your new best friend could be that person behind you who looks nothing like you. And that's okay. We're all perfect...just the way we are.
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