Thinking you are better than one person, well your're not- Aakash

Jackie Robinson said many years ago “I’m not concerned with you liking or disliking me… all I ask is that you treat and respect me as a human being”.

Do you ever stop to understand why Jackie has said what pushed him so much to say “ All I ask is that you treat and respect me as a human being”. People mistreating each other because their skin color was not the same as yours or they believed in something you don’t, that’s not right  giving a chance and understanding why is what will make you think twice before discriminating to one whole race . I like to say that under our skin we are all the same color.

In spring break of 2016 I went to New York to represent my school at the United Nations, At the United Nations we are there trying to fix world problems, when there I noticed many people from all over the world, and I had to talk to many of them. Trying to understand what these people from other countries were saying and their beliefs on why they were saying certain things for my topic was hard. At the end of the day thinking back to when people of different races and colors couldn’t be together but we were all together today working to fix world problems, and helping millions around the world. This experience has engraved itself inside of me, and it will always stay with me.

Today in class I sit next to an African american girl she is really nice, and funny, I do not understand why people in the 1960 could not take time to simply understand what the African Americans are going through or just colored people in general. If you still discriminate watch Remember the Titans you will learn to find a way to get over discriminating, and you will see everyone as an equal.

I leave you with this “I speak not for myself but for those without a voice… those who have fought for their rights... to live in peace, their rights to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity” Malala Yousafzai said this and that’s all people ask for and opportunity, and opportunity to show you who they really are.

This is what I believe, in Equality.