Finding Hope In A Seemingly Hopeless Society
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Do Not Lose Hope In A Seemingly Hopeless Society

Justice will be served -- even if it's not in this lifetime.

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Do Not Lose Hope In A Seemingly Hopeless Society
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It's easy to feel hopeless in the society we live in today. Children are snatched out of their parents' arms and left with long-lasting trauma at airports or immigration detention centers. People are oppressed on a daily basis, such as the North Koreans who face harsh labor and even death if they try to escape the oppressive regime of North Korea. Donald Trump is willingly supporting the appointment of someone who has been accused of sexual assault to the Supreme Court.

However, we can find a sliver of hope in the fact that even if it's not in your lifetime or mine, justice will be served.

Children will be reunited with their families and given equal opportunities like any other ethnicity in America. All North Koreans will one day be rescued and given their proper rights as humans. The impact that Trump currently has on our world will be long-lasting, but it will come to cease.

In a world filled with injustice, don't look away. Don't turn away from the stories about war or sexual assault and say, "Ugh. This again." Indifference is worse than the actual act of committing war, sexual assault, or any other act that may harm others.

Albert Einstein once said, "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."

Instead of looking away from others' suffering, learn about how you can personally help, whether that means educating yourself about what's happening in the world or donating to a cause.

There will come a day when we will no longer have to pair the hashtags, #BlackLivesMatter and #RIP, together. People of color will no longer have to be paralyzed with fear at the sight of red and blue lights in the rearview mirror. Girls will no longer have to be scared to walk alone at night. Women will receive equal pay as men.

Justice will be served.

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