 "Love Conquers Hate" tote from Ditch The Label | ditchthelabel.org No I took a week off social media to mourn a loss of a life. An unnecessary loss of a life. With little to no interaction on social media, I started the mourning process with a simple post that looking back I believe only a few understood. The post was the simplest way I felt I could provide support to an already bubbling situation without feeding to the negative energy that surrounded it. No hashtags. No further explanation. No pursuit for likes or reposts. No ratings. No trend. Just an honest desire to give a voice without fuelling a delicate situation to an overly publicised social outlet that has lost sight of the real issue that is interwoven in American society. Everywhere you read in the news, it’s black/white, what fails to be mentioned is the social issue that has continued for years. As a society we have all become apathetic and, in one way or another, have fed into the narrative that fuels the fire that burns in the underbelly. We have lost sight of humanity and replaced humanity with segregation. A man stood on another man’s neck as crowds watched and filmed the incident. Almost nine minutes later that man. Whilst this entire event unfolded, crowds gathered and filmed the event. Crowds gathered and filmed the entire event, with no strong resistance to prevent the situation from happening. As a minority in a minority culture, I know what it is like not to be liked, not just by one side, but by multiple. I am too white to be Hispanic, too black to be white, and too white to be black. I can’t even visit my the “motherland” without having smack talked about me in a different language. Not to mention most people didn’t know the island was a commonwealth of the U.S. until the hurricane happened. I understand it all. This post is not intended to further discuss the present situation of what’s right and what’s wrong. I have come to the conclusion that right and wrong is subjective. Diffusion of responsibility is a sociopsychological phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when other bystanders or witnesses are present. I remember being told about a study on diffusion of responsibility. The study was conducted to better understand the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese who was attacked whilst walking home from work. According to reports, dozens of people witnessed the attack but did nothing to help because each individual assumed the event was being reported. Sound kinda familiar? But how do you act when the person that is supposed to help you is the person that is doing the injustice? I would say America needs to do better and live up to the values that so proudly profess; however, that would just be hypocritical. How can you ask a nation to change thier ways when other nations won't change their ways? How can anyone ask a nation to change their ways when we do not ask of change from ourselves? Change starts with you. What are you going to do now? First they came for the Communists #Change #Humanity #FutureIsYou
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