Sunday, February 26, 2012

Why we hate.

   To clarify, we hate because it is in our blood. We did not have the option to ignore hatred and completely love the world for what it really is. Society, family, friends, media; they had all brainwashed us to become who we really are. The surroundings and the people that we live near and far are trashed by the lies that the world has portrayed. The stereotypes, the hate, the horror, can be formed by anyone in the world. However, the bedeviled core of intelligence would be the infamous media. Believe it or not, there will never be a day in the world where everyone will love one another. To an extent, everyone wishes for peace and happiness; a world without hate, yet why has our wish not come true? We still hear about Canadians hating the Americans, along with the great amount of racism across the globe, and not to mention the many citizens that hate certain governments because of their morals and beliefs. Bullies, as an example, have a lot of hatred towards anyone that comes in their way. However, if you think about it, they were likely to be influenced or affected by something tragic that had occurred in their life. Following back to the beginning of this paragraph, they were raised to become who they really are. Sometimes, we also hate because it makes us feel superior to others.
   
  My history teacher would always tell me, there is no good or evil. For example, he believed that Hitler was not an evil man. Despite the fact that he had brainwashed millions of Germans, he had the power to give Germany back their strength and get them out of the black hole that they were slowly getting sucked in to. Now, people should understand that the Germans have a reason to hate Hitler because of the reputation he had given Germany, but what will hating Hitler do for all of us? We must look beyond the past and fix our own mistakes. Hopefully there will never be another massacre that can compete with the Holocaust. We need to realize that Hitler is long gone. Whether any situation is a big or a small part of your life, hating is never the answer.
  
  Also, "The help," a book that is known for its wonderful plot and meaningful words, written by Kathryn Stockett, demonstrates how people of different races can act towards one another in regards to racism. For example, Ms. Hilly, the antagonist of this story, stands by her decisions and refuses to believe that women and men of the black race are not as superior as the white race. That is why the idea to invent a separate washroom for black maids in order to prevent the spreading of diseases to the opposing race had blossomed. However, in this generation, we all know for one fact that anyone can have diseases, regardless of their skin colour and gender. Likewise, back in the era this story was taken place, the law of segregation had just been dismantled, meaning there was still a huge amount of racism in not only Jacksonville, but also in another states of America. That is why it was easy to convince and brainwash white people to implement washrooms that were targeted towards black maids. None of them knew any better since they were raised in an environment full of discrimination. Ms. Skeeter was different, of course.

  We can always dream that there will be an era without hatred, but what remains in reality will be the horrors of woman/child abuse, bullying, communism, and the memories filled with debris of world war II that Germany had finally paid off in 2010. These are the few things that will be engraved in our mind. When one has done something wrong, the whole world falls behind, similar to fragile dominoes. What should we do when a mother kills her own child? Do we hate, or do we admire? History will remain, and as we learn more and more about reality, we realize that none of these tragedies will ever disintegrate in this lifetime. We hate because we do not have the strength to forgive and forget.

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