The incident at McDonalds, Pune where a street kid was
thrown out of its premises has awakened me from inside. It has made me think
that why such discrimination among the different so called classes (which have
been created by us only). It is not one off its kinds of incident that has
happened but it’s just that this particular incident has been in limelight because
of the social media. Let us go back to the history during the British raj where
British used to discriminate among the Indians by putting a notice in the public
places that “Dogs & Indians are not allowed”. Now, let us come back to the
present and the situation is no different; instead, it is just that now we
discriminate among different people. In today’s society, discrimination occurs
in many different forms from gender inequality to a social class of a person. Everyday
people are looked down upon because of the color of their skin or because they
may have different beliefs. Despite of different forms of discrimination, the
people that are discriminated the most are the ones who are based on their
lower social class, and labeled as a disgrace to society in some ways. Instead
of providing assistance to these people in need, society wants to ridicule them
and take even more away from them, making it even harder for them to succeed.
Think about a public place where you haven’t found any
discrimination happening. Have you seen a street kid inside any 5-star hotel? It’s
not that he can’t afford but it is our so called society that prevents him to do
so—to enter into any public place—to enjoy all the things that other kids do. God
created humans but it’s we human beings who have further created this divide. We
must understand that we come into this world without any knowledge of any
discrimination. It is only when we open our eyes, we are told about our caste
and creed, and this division is then known to us then.
So, why is it that we discriminate among the different
classes? When even God hasn’t created this difference then who are we to create
this divide? Are we bypassing his authority by creating this divide?
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