Would you want what’s happening to others to happen to you?

If your answer is NO then you should not let it happen to other people!

I saw this video on facebook:

Jane Elliott is known for her controversial experiments. A few years back I saw a video of her experiment where people were seperated regarding their eye color (brown eyes vs blue eyes). She did so to show how discrimination works and to show that it can be based on the most irrelevant feature such as the eye color. Some of the contestants refused to partake in the experiment and were very angry at Elliott.

Personally I commend this woman for doing something to open people’s eyes. Her methods might be harsh but that’s the world we live in. Things are tough and she wants us to open our eyes on certain subjects and injustices that we would usually just ignore. And our eyes really need to be opened!

Here is my opinion on this and everything that is happening in the world right now:

We are taught at a very young age to not be selfish and share with others. But I think that if we want our eyes/mind/heart to be opened we have to see it in a selfish way. And by that I mean, look at the things that are happening to other people: if you’re white, look at all the injustice being done to other races. If you’re straight, look at all the injustice being done to the LGBTQ+ community. If you’re rich, look at all the injustice being done to the poor people. If you’re a man, look at all the injustice being done to women. And so on and so forth. I’m not saying that you don’t struggle. Everyone struggles. But look at other people’s struggle. Then look at yourself. Would you allow the things that are happening to others happen to you?

• A black man being shot in front of his family when he clearly was harmless.
• A member of the LGBTQ+ community being thrown out of their parent’s house then beaten up/bullied by strangers to eventually commit suicide.
• A homeless person alone, cold, scared in the streets who’s being judged, ignored and look down on.
• A woman just walking down the street at night to be kidnapped and raped by a stranger.

THIS (and more) is happening to others. Would you want that to happen to you?

Of course not! Because we all are selfish in a way and we don’t want our comfort to be disrupted. Nobody wants to be treated badly. And yet we allow others to be treated this way. So now that you’ve been selfish for a few seconds and you’ve admitted to yourself and others that you don’t want bad things to happen to you, look at others. Do you think that others want that? Do you think that they want to be treated this way? No they don’t. You don’t want to be treated unfairly. So don’t treat others that way. Cause all this, even if it is not happening to you, could happen to you one day or it could’ve happened to you if your life was different.

So I implore you, if you don’t want all those bad things to happen to you then don’t let those bad things happen to others!

Everybody struggles. So everyone knows how struggle feels like. Your struggle might be different than mine. But it is still a struggle nonetheless. The thing is, we shouldn’t let other people deal with their struggle alone. Maybe if we stand up for other people and we help each other then maybe no one would even have to struggle in the first place. You don’t have to live other people’s struggle, you just have to step up when you see someone struggling. If we mutually help each other with our struggles then we can put an end to all of this.

So I repeat myself, would YOU want all those horrible things that are happening to other people happen to you? If your answer is no then you should step up for them. Let’s step up for each other! Let’s treat each other as equals! Let’s put an end to everyone’s struggle! Let’s not treat each other unfairly! Let’s treat each other the way we want to be treated! You want to be loved? Then love other people. You want respect? Then respect other people. You want justice? Then give justice to the ones who need it. You want peace? Then start making peace with yourself and other people.

This is simple really. Yet we have a hard time doing it.

So don’t be dumb, you have a brain, let’s use it!