Going backwards in discrimination
Discrimination is hidden in seemingly small, invisible daily interactions. A short police control in an international airport, a small chat in a government office, a brief look of a local in the public transport. I know that it’s natural to have these uncontrolled moments. We tend to identify foreigners or outsiders. This mechanism was built over thousands of years; it helped the human race to survive. And the modern world is going against all our habitual patterns and tells us not to identify others as foreigners. That’s the root of our struggles as a community and species. We have to change much quicker than the evolutionary speed—thousands of times quicker.
Yet, it looks like we’re not only changing towards a better or bright future but going backward and getting beaten up by primal instincts. Everywhere, the right extremists are gaining power these days.
This is not the first time this has happened in history. We only see when we look holistically. Every few hundred years, history repeats a bit differently each time (that’s what makes it interesting, too). However, the underlying approach or events are the same.
