Journal #30 - Civil Rights

As we make our way into February (its already the sixth), we can see that it is currently black history month. It is quite an interesting month if I do say so myself. However, when I look at the past, I can only think of all the trouble racism has caused in the past. Why do we have this black history month? Because so many brave African Americans fought for the right to be equal. A fight that they never should have had to fight. I am a strong believer in civil rights, especially to those of a different color. What makes them different to us as people? Nothing. The only difference is our color, and that should not even matter. We are not in control of how we look in that sense. If every African American went Michael Jackson on themselves and dyed themselves white, they would be no different than if they were black. Having a prejudice toward African Americans because of such a small fact seems foolish. Its okay to think that whites are different from blacks, but it is not okay to think any one better than the other. In the end, we are all human, and that is all that should matter. Not to preach, but God made all of us in the same form of a human, and whether the skin is darkened by the sun, or lightened by the moon, has absolutely no say in who we are as people. We all have thoughts and ideas that can be the same or different. We all think with the same kind of brain and move with the same kind of feet. People say that a blind person would be the best person to love because they cannot judge on looks, only on character. I do not wish that everyone was blind, but I understand why someone would say that. If an African American and a Caucasian person were both to speak, besides the difference between female and male voices and the different dialects, the two people would be indistinguishable as better or worse. Its sad to think that people were and still are so judgmental about people.