there's a little black spot on the sun today...

i finally got around to watching Hotel Rwanda. how does it happen that the world power houses look the other way while these things happen? if it doesn't involve their oil, the situation doesn't deserve their attention, their aid? if we get involved it'll cost us money? since when could anyone put a price tag on a human life? one line that got me in the movie was when the lady from the red cross said, "what country wants 20 orphans?" how do countries turn away from 20 orphans, from children who have nothing to do with the situation they were born into? how do countries turn away from refugees knowing that if they don't allow them in they will die? how can we look away while it is happening all over again in congo (and i'm sure in numerous of other places in the world)? a daily fear for woman in the congo is gang rape. a daily fear, gang rape.

how long will this injustice suffice? when will the world wake up? when will people stop? stop putting themselves above others. making distinctions for the primal reason to put themselves above an other race or creed, to say "i'm better than you, because my skin in lighter" or "because these are my ancestors." what crap is that? back, while i was a freshman and justen (who's black) was my "love interest" i remember going over to danielle's house after school for a spanish study group. i don't know who, but someone ask me, "how are you're parents going to feel about him being black?" huh-what? how are my parents going to feel? "my parents won't care," complete with an "are you kidding me?" attitude. then someone said, "i don't know how my parents would feel." then someone else said, "my parents would not allow it. no way. my dad would be so mad." what? her dad would be mad if she brought justen home? but he's, like one of the nicest guys in our class. i was dumbfounded. just because he was black her parents would not approve. i just didn't understand and still don't. when are the veils that are blinding these people burn away; when will they see that the color of you skin, the shape of your nose, the thickness of your hair, the hue of your eyes, are all just that...the color of your skin, the shape of your nose, the thickness of your hair, and the hue of your eyes?


...it's the same old thing as yesterday.