We heavily mentioned the idea that class is slowly but surely becoming almost as big of an issue as race. Which I can agree with, but again like I said everything comes down to specific circumstances, no two are the same. I feel like it is much more than just class and race as well. I mean as a woman, girl, lady, whatever, I know that once I get out in that big scary "real world" I am going to have to deal with a lotttttttttt of discrimination, especially in the workplace. Women still get paid 74 cents to every dollar a man does. Now I am not the biggest feminist you'll ever meet, but excuse my language, that's bullshit. I am not saying that that is the same thing as how a black man is treated in the workplace, but it's along the same lines. And then age. There are so many different generations that people interact with every day of there lives. And we are effected by each of them. Everyone has their own point of view, and very often those views are shaped by the time that they grew up, or are still growing in. But like I said in class, someone who is 21 could have gone through more things in their lifetime than someone double their age. Just because they are older doesn't mean they automatically have more experiences under their belt. Now obviously in most cases someone my parents age has experienced more than someone my age, but there are those exceptions.
Along with the class issue, to me there is always going to be that distinction between rich and poor. Without poor there is no rich, vice versa. It is just the way people deal with it that matters. World peace is a pretty far fetched idea in this day and age.
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