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this is really incredible. every girl looking
at him, he's the only boy you can *see* in
the shot, plus the weight. it's incredible
the looks on the girls' faces. it makes you
think and wonder if whether one day, when
they're the one being stared at and scowled
at, if they'll think back on how they stared
and scowled at a boy during the holiday
season of 2006. i also wonder if one day one
of them won't find this photo and realise.
all it really takes is one week of being
stared at and scowled at and pointed at in
public for someone to learn their lesson for
life. well, i'd like to think that, but i
also know people who've said that they're out
to get even with those who put them down, and
they do it by putting others down. messed up.
on what eyeofthejen said: i'll agree that
kids these days have it harder than people
did a while ago, and i'm not sure what to
blame it on. if i were to make a guess, it's
because there are so many parents out there
who are overly concerned with making every
kid aware of all the different kinds of
people out there and terms for them and why
it's okay to be different and all that stuff,
i think that kids who may not have seen a
difference between them and the kid sitting
next to them or behind them before would then
start to see them. i know that when i was in
kindergarten in 1985, i didn't know that kids
who had what i described as skin the colour
of coffee were indian, and kids with the
pretty pointed eyes were asian, or that it
was a huge deal that on the re-runs of star
trek that i watched that it was a huge deal
that uhura was a black woman on the bridge. i
didn't know there was a difference that could
be something people would think of badly
until people told me about racism and how to
identify people of different races, and that
people who are disabled get picked on, and
all that. i never thought of it myself. kids
take something that adults tell them about
and run with it, especially in a group
setting, if they can get even one person to
go along with their picking on someone else,
then it's pretty much guaranteed that whoever
is getting picked on will continue to get
picked on. kids hear about racism and how
it's wrong, but we all know that in the mind
of a child, things you tell them to not do,
they want to do them, as a form of rebellion
and/or curiosity, so things get said and
lines get drawn, because grownups want those
kids to "be aware" of the
differences between themselves and everyone
else. that's my opinion anyway, others are
likely to feel differently but i completely
disagree with making children aware of the
fact that there is a name for the race that
person is, which is determined by the colour
of their skin most typically.
although, kids who can't do things everyone
else can do are picked out whether or not
grownups point out "this sort of person
has CP" and "this person has
JRA" and "this person only has one
leg due to a birth defect" and the like,
kids do figure out there's something
"wrong" with the people who can't
do the same things they can do, and that is
picked on whether or not a grownup points out
that there's something different about that
kid who sits behind them or rides a different
bus.
great shot, very thought provoking. if you
ever had a showing somewhere, i'd really
really want for you to include this, as it's
such a good shot and makes you think as much
as it does.
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To honetbeararmy: You nailed it! I think you
just have to let your kids be themselves and
find out who they are on their own. Exposure
is good, but it should be interest and
imagination driven, not politically correct.
I always tell my kids that the popular ones
peak in high school and the bullyies will be
cleaning toilets one day and to fly their
freak flags high. Let's hope this parenting
style works, call me in 10 years! lol!
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