This is Scott's Rational

Many in our society want to transcend stereotypes, classes and even racial statuses by fighting those that oppress them…right? Well I will not put down any movement because everyone deserves to fight for what they believe to be right, and who am I to say they are wrong or right? I believe that if one wants change, they must first forget that there is any difference between where they are and where they want to be. Now this may sound like I am saying to ignore the problem, but that is not it at all. I just think that one can not accomplish equality if they acknowledge inequalities. I believe that a person fighting for equality, but divides groups up into ‘us’ and ‘them’, has already failed in truly gaining equality. Our society is broken up into many different social classes, and with each class comes stereotypes and prejudices. The lower class may complain that the upper class has lots of money and are privileged, and the upper class may think that the lower class is lazy and dirty because they don’t want to try. And when these two meet, they bring along their prejudices and thus treat the other based on them. In the end both classes act the way that the other assumes they will because they don’t take the time to really get to know each other. An example from the movie was when the three guys were sitting against the wall of their High School talking about how there is division, and how they are treated poorly, but when the ‘popular’ kids come along asking the boys why they say the ‘popular’ kids hate them, the trio responds by acting like the ‘popular’ kids are stupid. Thus the ‘popular’ kids end up disliking this trio, because of the way they acted because they believed that the upper class hated them in the first place. It’s an endless cycle that I believe will not end unless we are to wipe the minds of every person living and start anew.