When the Economy Goes Down, the Hate Crimes, How Do You Teach the Kids?

This post is going to lean a bit on the opinion side. I’m trying to determine where I stand on the fence with the economy, the hate crimes which may evolve and finding the education of the kids corrupted. It might spark a little debate but I welcome your thoughts on this. So enlighten me and let me know what you think in the comments below.

How It Began

As I hit the blogosphere more and more and pierce my eyes around random blogs, I began to notice more of the community that surrounds the money making niche. While there are many to begin with, the overwhelming majority of them are from other parts of the world whom also happens to be the main outsourcing countries – India and the Philippines.

Now, let’s talk about our changing economy and it’s effects to the where the world is at the moment. It’ll lean more towards a tragic perspective and then glide back into the positive thoughts of it. With that, come with me and fly back in time so you can see what I’m thinking.

More than a decade ago when companies decided to outsource their work mainly for cheaper costs, it seemed less likely to harm anybody. Minor voices in the community may have saw the effects that would affect us later on but it wasn’t strong enough to create a movement. So most of what we neglected to see could be a result of where the economy is today.

I’m not blaming outsourcing was the problem, I’m saying we didn’t plan for it. So as more and more bodies were being laid off, all the real work are being outsourced overseas. Suddenly, our jobs are diminishing quietly. Then it seems the whole market crashed. Everyone’s scratching their heads wondering if what has happened was an unfair act which lacked to informed us from the beginning.

In fact, where are the reporters who were supposed to alert us of this turmoil? The voice here was few and after awhile, we must have stopped listening. So we’re all affected in some way and with that frustration the helpless feeling of not being able to help ourselves becomes more visible as we begin to point fingers. Thus, the immigrants were one such culprit which were targeted as victims of this disaster.

Moreover, as news from the world surge through the tubes, as media tends to inform us through filtered airwaves, children begin to associate the hate to the race they see. Add that to the the depression of an economy, it is challenging times indeed. Furthermore, this also challenges the education system.

How can children differentiate between what’s happening here and over there?

In times like these, we have to lay down the grounds which won’t create chaos for each other. That’s where faith takes on their role and the churches have a reason to bring God into the picture. Also, I think a part of which we fail to teach is seeing beyond the colors of our own skin.

So instead of stopping the racial jokes before it gets out of hand, we go along with it which we think is the truth but in actuality it’s a mass effect. What does working hard or being lazy have to do with color? Thus, if the world was black and white, many will choose white, but there’s brown, yellow, orange, and various tints of the dark and light.

Are we failing to teach the young about the other colors?

Or maybe our textbooks are marketing the wrong ancestors for us to learn about. OK, maybe it isn’t about education. So the last thing you want to hear about is someone is to blame for this. Politicians may debate on that and find a better way for the economy, but what’s happening here is there are many pillars leaning on each other. We’re stacking dominoes now. It can get so close that we’re about to fall on top of each other.

When it comes to an emergency, what do you do?

Create fear.

It is the thoughts of control or big daddy dominating our actions which instills some kind of peace. Whether it’s through mind control or mystical make believe such as heros and arch villains, the splitting of the mind to emphasize both can put before our eyes reasons so we can be conditioned to believe them. This is true during war when propaganda is prominent.

At times, we don’t recognize our own selves but the one thing that is needed is restoration of hope. After all, it takes a lot of effort to understand what it is we want. Just from the human condition alone, it isn’t easy. History has taught us that nothing is successful without a fight. For one, the changes cannot be ignored. With it, comes the hate crimes and it can get violent.

When you think of it in terms of exploitation, there’s two ways to see it. One, the truth needs to be heard and two, we need to expand our resources. Either/or depending on which fence you’re choosing, there are pros and cons. That’s because with opportunities sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. However, with controversy, it’s always about bringing down the real purpose and that may be further from the truth.

In the flight of these debates, who I worry about are the children. Sometimes, it’s a personal calling to which one is entitled to fight certain battles on. However, in doing so, we’re not alone. It affects everyone around us and surprisingly, we’re the last to know about it. At that point, it can be quite a revelation to see our actions turn around. It then sucks being our own worst enemy.

Now I’m going to go MTV on you and take you back to the ’80 with Martika’s Toy Soldiers and Eminem’s modern remix Like Toy Soldiers. Point is, our actions might end up being something more than us.

If you’ve read this far, I appreciate you following this rant. I apologize for the jumping around but in throwing out these thoughts, I was able to convey for you what I was thinking. Now I’m interested in knowing what you’re thinking.

Share your thoughts below.

IMAGES: Mappamondo Moderno and TV Su PRATO by Francesco Marino

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