One of the largest social injustices that many teens, people are age are facing today is cyber bullying. In many American high schools this has become a huge problem. The internet and social groups like facebook are easy ways for people to lash out at each other. There has always been bullying in schools, but usually the victims can escape this abuse by leaving to hostel environment. Most kids see there homes as a safe place, the place they can escape too. But with cyber bullying this is no longer true. Bullies have used the internet was a way to break into others safe places, making the victims feel forever trapped. Sadly this has lead to many suicides and many unreported cases of depression, in no doubt adding to the average kid's loneliness.
This is a sad but realistic truth. Many social injustices like this are over looked in our society these days, until something big blows up in the media, like some one killing themselves. Yet how can we was people allow injustices like this go so far? It should not take huge sad events to make so think. Hopefully as time goes as, and humans as a race grow and develop more social awareness.
Awareness is key to seeing what truly goes on around us, and that is the first step in stopping social injustices. We need to learn how to stop and see what goes on in society today, and if we take the time to realize what is going on around us we will be able to make better decisions and see what we need to change.
It is a very large goal for every one to do this, but if we all take the time to be better, nicer, more loving people many social injustices will start to disappear. It all begins inside of each of us, to stop social injustices we need to start by stopping them just in our own lives. We can learn to use tools, and technology like facebook for good uses, not to bully others. The internet has allowed for many good things to come about, the spread of knowledge, charity, and connections between people. We should concentrates on these uses and use the internet as a way to become closer as a global community, not as a way to hurt each other.
I think it's great that you posted about this. It is such a prevalent issue in today's world because of growing social networking. When one thinks about human rights abuses, minds often turn to physical violence, but physiological trauma in this case can create almost as big of a dent emotionally. Very well-written post!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that people should not need to be bullied on the internet but if you have fears of being bullied why would you get a facebook or something like that? But I guess that if it is available why should it not be available to everybody. And it is cruel because not only the children and people know about this bullying but the whole world now has access to it.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like there was a lot of knowledge put into this post, and you tell us about it very well. However, there are many spelling and grammar mistakes. You spell "our," "hostile," and "to" incorrectly, and there are a few extra words that should have been deleted. You also miss many commas. You should read your blog over before you publish it next time.
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