Yesterday I was told about a news story, it was regarding a school in the US that had a summer carnival and charged the families of it's young students $10 to take part. 100 of the children couldn't pay so they were excluded. They were made to sit in the auditorium to watch a video. They thought they were being punished, that they had done something wrong but their only crime was that they were either too poor or their parents didn't understand the letter sent home as school is a majority of Chinese immigrants.
I normally avoid the news as being an empath, but when hearing this I had to check that it was actually true, and sadly yes it was. It broke my heart. What the hell is this world coming to that we can treat children that way? It's bad enough that we treat adults that way, which sickens me enough but to do it to children, there is no excuse for any of this.
We are all human beings, we're all equals and all need to be treated with respect and to know that we all matter. No one has the right to treat anyone so disgustingly and disrespectfully. No one should be made to feel less that another and I will stand up and say so if I see or hear it happening. I cannot stand by and be silent. If we are silent, even if we don't take part in this abuse, we are no better than the abuser.
I am not rich, not financially anyway. I know what it is like to struggle to pay bills, to buy food, to buy my family the things they need let alone the things that they want. I hope that I did the best job that I could for them under the circumstances. I know that I have brought them up to be decent human beings. I know that they wouldn't stand by and allow things like this to happen.
The teachers at this school and the school governors allowed this to happen, the parents of the children who could pay allowed this to happen. They may not have been the instigator but they all were the enablers. If they all spoke up instead of keeping their mouths shut until the shit hits the fan then this could've been stopped before it got going. These children wouldn't have felt that they were being punished for being poor or for having parents who couldn't yet read or speak English.
The damage to these little ones has been done, I hope and pray that they don't carry this with them or allow this to consume them.
The company who put on the carnival found out what happened and they want to throw another carnival free of charge for ALL of the children to enjoy. They were disturbed by what happened. Lets hope that this can undo the damage that was done. Lets hope that this isn't the only piece of humanity that these children experience in their lives.
When are we humans going to open our eyes to what is going on in this world? When are we all going to realise that we're all in this together. NO ONE is better that you, NO ONE is lesser than you. Stand up and be counted. Stand in your own power and be a voice of reason. Stand up and demand change. Stand up and show your humanity. Make your voice count!
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