Discrimination is EVERYWHERE

Discrimination happens where there is a group of minorities.

I am an ethnic minority in England, so discrimination happens to me. A British person is an ethnic minority in Hong Kong, so discrimination may occur to them.

Discrimination is essentially picking on the unpopular kid at school.

For example: Every high school has a popular group of kids that everyone either hates (sorry if you were one of them) or wants to join. When we were 10/12, we were not mature enough to accept girls and boys being friends so that popular group of people consisted of both boys and girls because that’s what makes them cool. They dated each other, and if anyone outside of their friendship group dated one of the popular kids, the whole school would be in shock at such a blasphemy. And of course, they always kept up with the “trends” that appeared from nowhere. They don’t communicate with anyone else in their class because they’re too cool to speak to anyone but their other cool friends. Anyone not in their friendship group is considered unpopular, weird, or a loner. Their presence lowered my self esteem because I always felt judged and disliked by them. But when one of them was nice to me, I suddenly felt a moment of acceptance by society. They have this sense of superiority.

This feeling of superiority comes from the idea of having a big number of like-minded people together. If you have a lot of support, you naturally feel confident. On the other hand, if someone does not have a lot of support, they feel isolated and hesitant. Feeling confident is excellent, but those with low morals consequently feel arrogant and this is where they proceed to oppress or humiliate the smaller numbers. This is discrimination.

Thus we must understand that discrimination happens everywhere. Wherever differences exist, there is a minority and thus there is potential for discrimination. We must remember that our identities, characteristics, behaviour, connections, or anything we did not control, will never entitle superiority. Nothing will ever entitle you to treat people worse than how you would expect yourself to be treated. And nothing will ever entitle you to the vulgarity of discrimination.