Wow. Well a lot people here complaining about how life has been hard.
Everyone is out here like there is an oppression Olympics
“Oh my life is hard because (Blank)”
“Well my life is harder because I’m (Blank) and (Blank)”
“Well statistically speaking I am the most oppressed according to an article I read here on steemit"
What the freak do you win by convincing people to pity you in casual conversation?
I am tired of dealing with fragile people who look for every opportunity to remind you that society is messing them up
Look… society is messing up everyone.
Sure some people are getting more messed up than others but no matter how you cut the cake people are getting messed up by the machine
Look I’m a Black indian guy in America, sure life is more inconvenient sometimes, but I’m also in America, those mild inconveniences don’t come close to canceling out the colossal amount of opportunity for progress I am surrounded by every day.
Also, get this, YOU CAN’T FORCE PEOPLE TO LIKE YOU
Sorry, that’s not how the game works. I wish that people wouldn’t hold prejudice against people for the color of their skin or for being ugly but they do.
You can’t yell at someone enough to change that. What you can do is say **** them and find people who enjoy kicking it with YOU.
On another note, Look, and this one is going specifically out the black community in America
STOP WAITING FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU TO FEEL RECOGNIZED
I am black, and the whole Oscars so white thing from last year was the catalyst for the biggest eye roll of my life.
If you don’t feel recognized start your own awards but make available to everyone, not a black only a event. Invite Beyonce and Jay-Z, and other people who are cool to come. Make it a dope party, and a great awards, pick who you want.
People of Color, if you don’t feel that casting directors will ever cast you for anything besides some 1 dimensional extra, then write your own script and shoot it yourself with friends. Grow with social media and develop social capital to where they will be the one’s calling you to be in their movies to get access to your fanbase.
Stop waiting for other people to bend to you and choose yourself.
I wish the world was more fair, I really do, but it’s not.
There is one equalizer and that’s making a lot of money and then funding your own efforts.
Bill Gates has saved literally millions of lives from making lots of money.
Elon Musk might save all of humanity.
You can’t choose the rules of the game, but if you get good enough, one day you can pay to change them.