His Dream is My Ambition

I heard somewhere that the poor people in India only allowed the crews to film their neighborhoods after Slumdog Millionaire promised not to show their poverty, but to show them as human beings.

Like them, we are not to be paraded around when the conversation turns to a marginalized population.

I'm tired of people talking about youths getting shot in the streets like it's a black problem, a cop problem, or a South or East problem.

It's an American problem.

And how is it that we are victimizing ourselves? Some nobody trafficker targets some honest if desperate people, and we've got some class-on-class crime on our hands.

I'm tired of WASPs in the Upper neighborhoods of New York City talk about good breeding when they're really talking about,
Class.

As if your socioeconomic standing determines your morality,

As if you can buy the persona of a decent human being they way you can buy your way into college. Or public office.

I'm tired of people saying they're tired. I'm not tired at all. I am energized.

We are not marginalized. Change is coming. We hustle for the change we want to see in the world.

You are going to live in the world we create. We're shaping the future in our image.

In our world talk is cheap.

In our world, morals are earned, not bought.

In our world, Hatred is marginalized.

In our world, you won't be as cushy.

Start changing, or start worrying.