Something I Feel Strongly About

I feel very strongly about issues of equality and equity in the world. In reference to equality, I believe everyone is created equally. And by that, I mean, that everyone, in the sight of God, is equal. There is no one more special than any other and everyone is equally special. If we all accepted this position on equality, we wouldn't have a world filled with bigotry, hate and war. Everyone wants to be treated with dignity and respect and knows from their heart that they are worthy of being loved and respected. Every human being has this inherent feeling within them, a sense of equality. Yet we can see how people are treated. They are hated for their race, their color, their religion, their sexual orientation or any other number of reasons - all of which are based on superstition and fear and loathful ignorance. Equity is the other part. What equity means, is that everyone receives their fair share so that all may have something in their lives - food, clothing, shelter, an education, a job, a reason to be alive and a reason to live. Take away a person's equity and you take away their hope, their dignitity, their self-worth, their passion for life and reason for living - not just for themselves, but for others.

It is out of disparity between us all, that wars and hatreds are bred, that peace cannot be attained and that conflict seems to be at the center of the world no matter how much we desire peace, prosperity and joy in life. This is because we have created institutions, political, economical, beaurocratical, which are inherently disfunctional. For example, our educational system strives to reward the best and punishes or allows to languish the worst or mediocre. And who is it, that deserves more help then the disadvantaged among us? Yet they are not rewarded - at most they are pittied. Pity destroys a persons dignity, self-confidence and hope - for who are any of us, that we have the right to pity? It is not pity that human beings want - they want equality...