Tuesday, April 10, 2001

Reading a label

Tuesday things are going much better today not as many things going wrong this is a good thing. Its a nice day with a chance of rain but the weather rock says its not raining.

I often wonder about who I am and how I impact peoples lives. right now I think that I have little impact on most of the people I meet however being that I teach people I would like to think that I have some influence on how they think or even that they think. I run into so many people who don't think. They don't think about anything. You ask them what do you think about something? they don't know don't care or are afraid to say.

Its not like the answer is wrong--although many answers are unpopular with a major part of society.

Like the term minority -- how is this a good thing? Yes there are fewer people of a particular religion, race, gender, or something everywhere. but what are we promoting by using the label of minority -- that they are less important or that the majority just by sheer numbers is right or are we attempting in some way to control the behavior of a particular group by using language that does not allow for the development of a positive self image or serves to make an individual feel out of place in certain areas of society.

who knows?

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