In Scene 1 there is an understanding that humans have the opportunity to positively view the unique differences of others as something beautiful. We have the opportunity to gain a progression towards healing the wounds of previous generations. Seeing how James Baldwin captured the whole idea around I am you and you are me. However, where do we start?
We start by defining what we see happening, in which I can do a deep dive into all the many things that fall under discrimination and prejudiceness. But I rather bring to the forefront the essence of something real and prevalent. “THUG LIFE”.
I am not talking about the person who lives a violent, aggressive, crime filled life. I am talking about the THUG LIFE acronym created by poet and lyricist Tupac Shakar. He said, “The Hate You Give Little Infants F*** Everybody. THUG LIFE.”
So that’s where we start, with the young, the infants even if they are not fully aware of what hate versus love is yet. We instill in them the guidance to treat everyone equally no matter how they look on the outside and no matter where they are in the socioeconomic climate. Because if you don’t it will f*** everybody. If day after day and year after year you engrave how to hate until that infant reaches the legal age of an adult, you have failed at allowing them to thrive and in return society continues its persistence of complex problems. Grant it people can change at an older age but still having an upbringing of community with love makes things so much smoother.
As stars were presented previously I will bring about another comparison to think with them. Humans are inherently linked like stars in a constellation. And after doing some research you can see how stars interact by gravitational pushes and pulls. The gravity amongst them has the power to change their orbit or motion. The same goes for humans. We have the power to change what happens to a person, so we should progress by ensuring at a very young age there are beneficial pushes and pulls.
Fred Rogers, from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, said “To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.”
And that my friends makes me ask are U getting what U are giving out to the world?
-Huemanity
December 10, 2024 10:15pm