I think it’s good to claim your ethnic identity and your racial identity. But it’s also the source of all the wars and all the violence, all these borders and walls people erect. I’m tired of borders and I’m tired of walls. […] I don’t believe that we’re better than people in India or that we’re different from people in Ethiopia. One billion people go to bed hungry every night. […] There are droughts in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Eastern Africa. […] People are dying every day. And then people talk about being proud to be American, Mexican, or Indian. We have grown beyond that. We are specks from this cosmic ocean, the soul, or whatever. We’re not better than people from Africa or people from Russia. If something happens to the people in India or Africa-and they’re starving to death and dying-then that’s happening to us too.
Becca Laplante. I'm 19 years old, currently attending UC Santa Cruz for college. I'm from Southern California, and I really really like the Anaheim Ducks. I'm trying to figure out where exactly I fit into the world, and this is my journey along the way.
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