I live in America. Because I live in America, I can dream. I can dream of being an architect or a comic book artist or a baker. I can dream of going to college, and getting my degree, and going on to accomplish great things. Because I live in America, my privacy is respected, and so am I. Because I live in America, I can type up this essay on my laptop and sit in my air conditioned house and have a say in where I go and what I do. My America lets me be who I am and think what I will, and my America should be the America for every citizen. There is no reason to fight about whether or not a human being deserves human rights, and as a person who was born with human rights because of her white skin color and raised with human rights because of …show more content…
My hope is that the respect given to me on account of my skin will be offered to my African American classmate. My hope is that the acknowledgement people show for my pronouns will be offered to my transgender classmate. My hope is also that I will be treated equally in regards to my male classmates, whether I am inside or outside my classroom. My hope is that the cafeteria of my high school won’t consist of cliques of people who won’t as much as look at each other but of students who share in the interest in one another’s lives despite their differences. My hope is that my Muslim friends can pray in public, and my Christian friends can pray in public, and my Buddhist friends can pray in public, and none of them will act superior to the other. My hope is that every person will be given an equal opportunity as it relates to education and employment. My hope is that the education that I have in my suburb of Edmond, Oklahoma is the same education that is offered in the city schools not more than fifteen miles away. My hope is that the elderly don’t have to fret about paying for their prescription pills. My hope is that my classmates with different-sounding names than me won’t be accused of anything more than I. My hope is that we never have to go to war