Dr. Seuss was right about many things, especially the part about being “you.” Today, society has a misconstrued belief that being your true self and being unique are the same things. Prejudice exists in all forms, and we need an obligation to destroy the mold of prejudice. Within our society, being yourself and being unique do not share the same meaning, but they should. To be yourself means that in all aspects of your life you make decisions based off of what you desire and strive for. By Calley Ellison However, little idiosyncrasies like style, music, taste and food only fill a small amount of a person’s personality. Yet these small idiosyncrasies create a large portion of a person’s image. What you wear, what music you listen to, what type of health regime you all influence which category that people unconsciously place you. The “individual” is unique and different than the rest of society, but not necessarily themselves. What I mean is that striving for uniqueness is not “you.” Although, as people we strive to fit in, we also try to stand out. The terms “hipster,” “frat daddy,” or even just “sorority girl” place a title over our heads that we are condemned for. Every person has placed other people into a category of some sort. Yet we never stop to ask, “Are you truly the brand or are you just trying to fit in?” In high school, people placed me under the category of hipster because I wore clothes from Urban Outfitters listened to bands like Foxy Shazam and Marcy’s Playground. Then, when I joined a sorority I was placed under the category of “Sorority girl,” and people assumed they knew what I was like. All they saw was what I was wearing, where I was from, my major and therefore, had their mind set that I was a “conformist.” In this case, the connotation of the word “conformist” is not kind. In fact, placing pretentious words like that over someone’s head leads people to believe they are not different or unique and that they fit the mold of every other person in the organization. This is not a feeling I would wish upon anybody. Besides prejudice, there is a bigger concern- the concept of someone not being true to himself or herself. The fact that someone cannot be themselves around their “friends” or that they cannot say what is on their mind due to the fear of stepping out of line, is truly horrific. The moment someone stops caring about what others think about them is the moment a person’s uniqueness stands out. It is our obligation as people to not judge and to say “good-riddance” to the harsh categories that others place upon our heads. Reformation only takes one person to make a difference. However, it takes an army to make a permanent change for the better. It all starts with a simple “I will not judge you.”