Discrimination - Ever tried burnt toast?

Discrimination is an all to common problem in the world. As easy as it is to say we've come a long way, that's not the truth. Maybe it isn't as bad as it used to be, but that's not good enough. If you're about to run into a brick wall, it's not going to help to slow down, you need to STOP!

I actually have a personal quote of mine that really fits here. Maybe someone else came up with it too, but I've never heard anyone use it.

"The person who discriminates has never tried burnt toast."

Now, it's not saying that those that are discriminated against (African Americans, homosexuals, etc) are the equivalence of burnt toast, it's more of a metaphor. My point is that we have set a standard for what a person should look like, and if they don't look like that, it's wrong.

When you make a piece of toast, you set it anywhere between 4 and 6, right? That has become the norm. So if you make toast at a setting that is less than 4 or higher than 6, it's not right. Could this not be applied to how a person looks?

I don't personally believe this, but this is the way it has become.

A Caucasian (white) person is normal. To be more specific, a well-tanned Caucasian person is what a normal person should look like. If you have very dark skin or are African American, then you're out of the norm. You would be considered weird, or stupid-looking.

This is completely stupid. First off, to some extent, we don't choose what we look like. I'm not going to go into anything religious (that's a whole different post) but we are developed depending on how our parents looked and were, and the same for each of them. No one decides what they look like to a certain point.

So, don't take it as, you don't look normal, so you aren't. That's not right. They do look normal, maybe not to you, but that's what they are supposed to look like, so it is normal. Deal with it.