Ignorance is bliss. At least, according to the old adage it is. And while ignorance may be euphoric for the unknowledgeable, it is not for the group of people on the receiving end of the ignorance. I was scarcely a teenager when I discovered inequality, oppression, and other discrepancies between different groups of people, And while now I’m unsure whether to label that as ignorance, or simply lack of knowledge, I can patently say that I was oblivious to the suffering that oppressed minorities experience.
I walked through life unaware of the inequity that surrounded me at every turning point. I lived a privileged childhood, growing up fairly wealthy, and growing up white. Everything I could possibly want was at my fingerprints, I was practically