Acceptance (standard:other, 1004 words)
Author: Jim Spence	Added: Apr 19 2002	Views/Reads: 3238/2114	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
in the end, we're all the same ...

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because he just happens to worship a god foreign to us is wrong.  Even 
bigots, somewhere in their hearts, know it's wrong, but they do it 
anyway.  They're afraid, because they don't understand.  They won't 
take the time to understand because they hate.  They hate because 
they're afraid.  A vicious cycle ... broken only by knowledge. 

Each person should try every day to learn something about someone else. 
Talk to them.  Ask them questions.  Learn about their lives.  Open your 
mind, and accept the fact that you are as different from them as they 
are from you. 

Some people just won't get it.  Some people are so filled with hate that
no amount of love and learning will work.  These are the saddest people 
of all.  These are the people that blame others for their own failings. 
 “I can't get a job because of affirmative action ... I can't sell my 
house because a gay man lives in the neighborhood ... I can't get a 
promotion at work because my boss is a foreigner.”  It's much easier to 
place blame than it is to accept fault, isn't it?  If we can blame 
another person for our own failings, we can rationalize these failings. 
After all, it's not MY fault, it's his. 

So sad. 

Accept that we're different.  Accept that we're all prejudiced.  Accept
the fact that, no matter who you are, someone hates you because of your 
skin color, or your status, or your religion, or your sexual 
tendencies.  Accept them. 

And, maybe, if you're lucky, they'll accept you, too. 


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