Ignorance

American society is very ignorant to what is going on around them. We get stuck in our trends and go comatose through the years. We have a mind set that if something doesn't directly effect yourself, then you don't have to care about it. A lot of our societal problems stem from this. A lot of heterosexual people overlook their right to marriage. Marriage is a universal right and the fact that two people of the same sex can't get married is outrageous. Some heterosexual couples don't even think about this and they are stuck inside their own bubble and don't try and fight for equality. Some people in the dominant group don't even think about the struggles that people have who don't have access to the same resources. They don't stop to think about the struggles that these people have to endure on a day to day basis to try and get by. People get so stuck inside themselves. We have to get passed this and have to try to be more conscious of the problems we have within our society. Watching the news and saying, "wow, that's awful for those people" is not enough. We have to be proactive and strive to push passed our own ignorances.