re: #171 ObserverArt

You know what would be one of the greatest lessons for every human on earth.

For one month of your life (early adulthood) you have to become another race and in another income bracket.

And you do not get a choice. Karma/Nature keeps score and then judges what would be the best lessons for you. You know it is coming, but when it happens is unknown. One day you awake and here you are in your new one month learning lesson. Enjoy!

A close approximation would be to plunk someone from an all-white environment into Africa or Asia, where they are the minority. Outright prejudice might not happen, but just experiencing the situation might enable them to realize that we’re all just people.

I’ve only had one instance of discrimination here in China, when a hotel clerk simply refused to deal with me because I was a foreigner. It was a shitty experience, one that I hope will not happen again. But I know there are people in America who have to deal with kind of shit every single day, because of their skin color, language or religion. So, I’m not going to make a big deal about it. I’ll just never go back to that hotel again.