I lived a very privileged life. There was much I didn't understand because of my privilege. It didn't affect my life and I didn't believe there was that much separation between me and anyone that was not a white male. I was in for a shock when I transitioned. Once my eyes were opened to how differently men and women were treated, I started to understand, I started looking at all the ways people were treated differently. As a society we separate ourselves in so many ways, by gender, sexuality, race, religion, economic standing, culture, education, political views, and I'm sure if given the opportunity we would separate ourselves by finger length. I think in the society we have now we look for our differences first and not our similarities and that is really sad. We push away from anyone who is not almost exactly like us. In a day and age where everyone wants to be an individual, a lot of people surround themselves with people exactly like them, only wanting to celebrate their individuality not anyone else's. I've heard more people groan about diversity training than any other training course followed with "Why do we need to sit though this?" That! That is why you need to sit through this. You don't care because it does not affect you, and that is your privilege, right there.
Complacency is approval, and I'm tired of approving of things I don't agree with, I'm tired of being silent!
