Obtaining Modern Freedom
January 16, 2008
September 24
There is no price that Americans now have to pay for the freedoms we now enjoy. Our ancestors paid that price for us about 300 years ago. Our ancestors fought for our lives, our rights, our happiness, and prosperity. Today we often worry about another freedom. Often we are tied down by our race, gender, and class. We cannot prosper and be free individuals with the weight of our past or the families we were born into. Media also inhibits us from our freedom. In order to be truly free, you must not let your past, race, gender, or class influence or dictate your future. You must not obey the popular media and conform to the popular society. You must be free. When you do not do things to “please” your gender, class, race, past, and media, you then become free. This comes with a price. Your peers will be shocked with your individual diversity. They will criticize and scold you for your uniqueness. I’m willing to pay this price. Because of my gender, the color of my skin, the occupation of my parents, the school I attend, and the society and mundane culture I surround myself with, this modern freedom will be difficult to obtain.
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We were asked to answer a question:”Are there any freedoms that are still fought for?”
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I really liked this journal entry because it is so true and the truth is very hard to swallow.
