Tunnel of Oppression

In my twenty years on this earth I have read, watched, listened and observed what the world has to offer. Through those years, the world has taught me many things. One thing the world has not taught me is why oppression is such an accepted and used idea.

As I started my walk through the tunnel of oppression my mind immediately began to switch gears. No longer was I thinking about where I would eat after class or how tough school was. Now I was beginning to think on a much superior level, a level that I believe every person on this earth should start to think. With every step came the grueling anticipation of so many horrific truths seen throughout the world today and in it's history.

As I turned the corner of one room where I had just seen numerous hate words and ideas, I entered another where a certain story struck me deep. This story about six black men in Jenna Louisiana showed me just how far from perfect this world is. Along with pure racial injustice, the story made me aware of something that I feel leads to so many negative things today. Ignorance is behind so much of what I saw that day. I began to realize that when you look at the human aspect of oppression, the simple fact that people are not educated enough to know what they are doing makes me have a certain doubt about people today.

Sadness, anger, regret, sympathy, and passion are all very strong emotions that I felt as I walked from room to room. Sadness for the unfortunate situations of so many helpless children in Africa, anger at the sick human beings who get joy out of raping children, regret that I may have said or done things in the past to hurt others, sympathy for so many who are oppressed today, and most importantly I have the passion to change the way I think today.