Can you imagine going through life trying harder than everyone else just to fit in. A lot of people can.
Especially women and people of color. They tell you in order to play the game, you gotta know your stuff, prepare to win, be better, beat your opponent at every chance you get. Yeah that’s what we all have to do.
When it comes to being a woman or a minority you gotta reallllly know your stuff, prepare to winnnnn, be a gazillion times better, beat your opponent at everrrrrry chance you get and don’t everrrrrr let your guard down for a second!
Seems frustrating and unfair huh? Yeah it does but that’s how it goes in society now.
Back in the day, Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman, the first licensed African American female pilot, had to do just that. She faced racism and inferiority not only because she was a woman but a person of color too.
Amelia Earhart became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean.
Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman to be nominated for an oscar for best actress in a motion picture (Halle Berry became the first black woman to win the oscar a few years ago).
Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an oscar for best actor.
Just to name a few more in today’s society that broke through barriers- Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Clarence Thomas, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez Etc.
All of these people had to work extra harder just to get where they are today.
Though it’s unfair but that’s the way this society has always been. Don’t get me wrong, sure a lot has improved for the better but we as a people still have a long way to go.
Since the days of slavery, women/minorities’ rights to vote, Gay/Lesbian rights, and everything else in between.
In my opinion, I believe everyone should have the right to be successful but no one group should have to work extra harder than anybody else.
