“Your People’ is a current movie that pokes fun and uncomfortably highlights the status of society, specifically in America, but is applicable in most cultures with differing ethnic, political, racial, or religious demographics.
While we continue to progress in leaps in many facets of our daily lives and embrace progression, we still find that we are mired by personal bias.
Yet we remain oblivious and almost unconscious. The solution is not a simple one, nor one that we can expect sudden resolution. Still, it is fundamental to any society—our ability to see people as our people rather than attempting to create distance and highlight distinctions.
Breaking down barriers ask us to be open to questioning our beliefs. They are not necessarily truths but something we hold onto as reality. Unfortunately, these same realities favor us and typically diminish others.
Can we pause for a moment and ask ourselves if what we believe is accurate, and likely the very things we dislike or do not find favor in others are the same maladies that afflict us?
