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You are your own person inside

April 25, 2024 assume, Barnegat, David Helfrich, Inside, NJ, physical, society

David Helfrich,
Barnegat, NJ

Your physical looks don’t define the person you are inside, but society doesn’t see it that way. Society sees your outside and makes assumptions. That must change if we want fairness of any kind. I my own person inside and my looks shouldn’t determine who I am.

We matter because of our SOULS

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Baltimore, Briah Stokes, day, judge, MD, physical, Race, Sexuality, souls

Briah Stokes,
Baltimore, MD.

My race nor sexuality should be an excuse to judge me. At the end of the day, our souls are our substance, our physical beings are just vessels that give our souls a home.

One Mirror With Many Different Reflections.

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 African, anthropologist, Biologist, bloodline, CO, Colorado Springs, Diaspora, distinction, genetic, genetic trait, humankind, Keith R. Barnes, mirror, Native, physical, Pikes Peak Community College, pure, Race, reflection, skin color, social construct, superior

Keith R. Barnes,
Colorado Springs, CO.

I hear people talking about being a part of a pure race. Race is a distinction placed upon one’s physical and genetic traits most notably skin color. Race is a social construct created to make one category seemingly superior over another.
Biologists and anthropologists have discovered race mixing throughout the history of humankind. I have both an African and a Native American bloodline or diaspora (and maybe others). Therefore, what am I really – Black or Red? While I choose to identify as Black/African- American, I am really a mirror with many reflections.

Physical and mental construct that separates :o(

July 9, 2018 Blacksburg, Construct, friends, imagine, mental, non-sighted, physical, Roger Steinberg, separate, sight, VA

Roger Steinberg,
Blacksburg, VA.

I’ve worked with non-sighted individuals. If we took everyone’s sight away for a years and had them meet one another, then gave it back, imagine the shock at some of the friends all would have!