Everything starts in childhood.<\/p>\n
A child stands up at the blackboard. The class laughs when his name is called.
\nBecause the name is unusual.
\nMaybe ethnically different, maybe a name no one has ever heard of.<\/p>\n
At that moment the child learns
\nI'm different from them<\/p>\n
Some people walk into a situation and behave as they are
\nEasy to talk, not afraid to make mistakes<\/p>\n
Some are cautious from the first moment
\nSpeaks less, chooses his words<\/p>\n
Because he knows
\nHis mistake is not just a mistake
\nWritten on your ID<\/p>\n
Not evaluated on its own
\nNot what he did, but who he is<\/p>\n
This is not a choice
\nIt is a way of survival learned over time<\/p>\n
This difference is invisible
\nBut it is real<\/p>\n
And he doesn't fail<\/p>\n
You are interrupted in a meeting
\nYou say the same sentence, it is not heard coming from you
\nLaugh when you speak with a joke
\nCommenting on your faith<\/p>\n
After a while one learns that
\nTalk less
\nAppear less
\nTo be less<\/p>\n
What we call S\u0131la
\nTo be able to \u201cexist\u201d without holding yourself back<\/p>\n
Gurbet
\nIt is when one is forced to diminish oneself<\/p>\n
If a person is constantly adjusting himself
\nThere really \u201cis\u201d<\/p>\n
And most of the time it is covered up with a single sentence
\n\u201cYou're exaggerating\u201d<\/p>\n
But there is no exaggeration
\nThis is marginalization<\/p>\n
Laughing at the name
\nMaking fun of accent
\nCommenting on identity
\nJudging faith
\nLeaving the outcast alone<\/p>\n
These are not separate
\nThey are part of the same order<\/p>\n
Now the question is<\/p>\n
Have you ever laughed
\nHave you ever been silent
\nHave you ever said \u201cnever mind\u201d<\/p>\n
Because that's how this system works
\nNo one feels bad
\nBut someone is getting less and less every day<\/p>\n
It's not just between people
\nIt is an institutional issue<\/p>\n
Who is speaking
\nWho is heard
\nWho appears to be<\/p>\n
These are not coincidences<\/p>\n
But we are not a uniform society<\/p>\n
We are different
\nAnd that's not a problem<\/p>\n
The problem is not being able to tolerate the different<\/p>\n
This is not how belonging is built<\/p>\n
Belonging
\nIt occurs where one can speak without restraint
\nWhere he is not reduced to his identity when he makes a mistake
\nWhere he gets the same respect regardless of who he is<\/p>\n
So what to do<\/p>\n
Good intentions are not enough<\/p>\n
Standard required<\/p>\n
The same word will be listened to with the same seriousness, no matter who it comes from
\nThe same mistake will be treated the same no matter who makes it
\nNo one will be represented by their identity
\nNo one will be diminished on the basis of difference<\/p>\n
Equal citizenship is not a wish
\nIt is a measure<\/p>\n
Freedom of religious belief is fundamental to this
\nOne is not judged for one's faith
\nNor is he ostracized for his lack of faith<\/p>\n
Not marginalizing is not a courtesy
\nIt is a matter of principle<\/p>\n
Seeing the person, not the identity<\/p>\n
Not tolerate
\nAcceptance<\/p>\n
Because belonging
\nNot by being made to feel good
\nEstablished as equals<\/p>\n
And in a place where people cannot be themselves<\/p>\n
It is not home for anyone
\nIt is an expatriation for everyone<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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