I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn.
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind--
Of such I dream, my world!
The poem "i dream a world" by Langston Hughes makes me believe that hes in a time period were inequality is a strong influence of life. it makes me wonder what special freedoms i have in my life today and it makes me appreciate all that has been given to me. The poem gives me the idea that something can only be changed if someone tries to change it. Also that nothing comes easy you have to work for what you want and never give up.
The poem "I Dream A World" by Langston Hughes, makes me remember a time in my past where i was being verbally and mentally harassed by students for supporting and standing by my aunt for being homosexual. Can remember in 7th grade a group of students would make fun of and talk badly about lesbians a gay men. Coming from a open minded family i never saw a difference in people. I have always valued the person for who they were and never really cared about the little details of their personal lifestyle. so when those students would speak about homosexual people in a harm full way i would get highly offended. My aunt who i am very closed to is a homosexual and i have always believed that even though she liked women she was the same as everyone else. i took and took as much harassment as i possibly could and then i was so fed up with them when finally i stood up for myself. i confronted the group of students and spoke my mind. I expressed to them that even though people have different likes they have a lot of similarity's. I also made the point that as they made fun of people they were actually making themselves look ignorant and were actually making a fool of themselves. I took the approach of trying to change the outlook of a couple of peoples views to hopefully change the way others looked at other people. In attempt of that i hope that my little act of trying to change something would hopefully, in the long run, would appreciate and value individual lives. I still have much to learn about individual beliefs and about other lifestyles that differ from mine.
With that being said, I believe anything can be changed if someone is willing to have the courage to make a change. Its all about not giving the other person the power to take your courage from you. Its about standing up for your self and for your beliefs and for supporting another person. Also for not only supporting that person who is attempting to change something but to look up to them and take a lead as they did. No body in this world is the same but i think that's what makes the world so beautiful. The different cultures, colors, lifestyles, likes, dislikes, sexuality, and values are what color our world today. i believe if people would just stop look around and take a breath to appreciate the true meaning of life, life would be way more easier to be apart of.
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