7/15/2018 0 Comments The butterfly effectThe Butterfly Effect is this theory that if a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere on the other side of the world, it could cause a tornado on its opposite side. Basically saying, small changes in one place can lead to a large difference and is tied to chaos. I think this is pretty relevant today.
As an active YouTube subscriber, I follow many people. I could spend hours watching YouTube videos, discovering new ways to do things or gaining my daily inspiration; but as much as it’s entertaining and sometimes helpful to watch these young women-albeit, older than me-I wonder how they can talk about their latest clothing haul and their dating life or travel around their city, vlogging with no reference or mention of the terrible things going on in our country today. Because, let’s be honest, terrible things are happening and I’m not sure enough people are talking about them. My friend just sent me a video on Instagram about a boy who looked no older than five, representing himself in an immigration court. He had no idea what the hell was going on, he didn’t even know what a lawyer was. Meanwhile, a grown man sat across from him accusing him of what, being a legal citizen? Or maybe trying to force him to deal with the repercussions they threw his parents in? The point is, he was a child, and no one took up for him. How can we really allow this to happen? How did it get so bad? It took me a long time to finally get the courage to post this. I want to speak out, but I also know that it can be scary to speak up in this world, for fear of getting thrown in jail or killed. America used to be the land of the free. It used to represent peace and prosperity; we have the freaking United Nations five blocks away from my school but how dare we harbor safe ground when we’re forcing parents away from their kids? Ripping families apart and then throwing them in a room like it was the families that did something wrong. Like they’re animals. Now, I don’t want to preach to you, but this is affecting me and the way that I think. I want to travel the world. I want to explore everything around me, but I’m scared of driving six hours too far South for fear of being pulled over by a cop and being the next African American shot on a viral video. I’m scared of going to school and having campus security arrest me for trespassing even after I showed him my student ID and the key to my room. I’m scared of having to stop at a gas station in another state just because if I get out, someone could say or do something against me and I’d have no voice. I’d automatically be in the wrong, or I’d be dead, and I’m scared. It’s sad, but it’s also my reality. I think what’s going on in the White House is what’s encouraging everything else going on in the country. It’s the Butterfly effect in full force. You go against one race and the country is retaliating against another in a way they haven’t been for so long. It’s not right, it’s not fair but…it’s what life is like and that’s what makes it even worse. How long will I have to live my life in fear? How long will I have to watch as my community gets torn down, stripped of their dignity, their lives? How long will I have to watch innocent people be controlled by the people who think they run this country ‘for the people’? America has allowed a parasite into its home and it’s slowly tearing us down. And when the butterfly flaps its wings, we all come crumbling down. Maybe that’s what my YouTube friends are there for. To create that positive light and hope when real life gets too dark. Maybe they’re our way out because they live in a bubble where they’re protected and they’re safe. But for me, I always have to be on guard. Until Next Time. Always with love, Arianna
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