social justice project2(combined)

On June 26 th of 2015, rainbow-colored lights shone on the White House. The
constitution officially guarantees a right to the same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
There were people who rioted about this. The more intensely they protest against it,
the more severely sexual minorities isolate themselves from the societies. Even
though their rights are legally accepted and guaranteed, they are still likely to hide
themselves. My social justice issue “do we accept and give a consent to LGBT?” is
still a controversial question. However, LGBT do not need to put walls from the
world. In order to solve this problem, they had better know how to be allies with
people. There are five steps for that. First, LGBT should understand their privileges.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. This means that sexual
minorities officially get their rights, so they should not get any penalty because of
their identities. For example, there are many LGBT who get fired in their companies
since they are sexual minorities. However, it does not make sense any longer. They
have enough privilege to say that it is unfair and to take their rights. Therefore, it is
very important to understand their own privileges. Second, LGBT have their
homework. People are exposed to news and issues through newspaper or social
network service. They share a number of various opinions. They learn and experience
what they did not find out within their own world. Therefore, for LGBT, they take a
look at what people think about them and learn from it. They can build up their own
opinion from the learning. They feel free to share those as a privilege, which is also
known as homework for them coming from the learning process. Third, it is time for
LGBT to speak up. One of the reasons some people put distance from LGBT is the
difference they feel from LGBT. The difference has nothing to do with the people
and has no any impact on them. However, the distance does not seem to get narrow.
What if LGBT actively get their voice to the public instead of hiding themselves at
the beginning when the LGBT issue comes up? I am wondering if people keep
putting distance from them. People might listen, and some could start to think over
about the issues. The sexual minorities speak up for their privilege and homework.
The isolation they have makes people ignore and look down them. The next step to
be an ally with people for LGBT is polite apology when they make mistake. When
they speak up and try to share their opinions, it goes without saying that there are
many conflicts. They could be upset at some opposite arguments and yell out loud
their arguments with bad temper. That results in mistake. These cut off supports
towards them. It is important not to make mistakes, but nobody is perfect. It is also
important to apologize politely and quickly if they make any. That will absolutely
help them get close to people and remove any stereotype people can have. People
need to know the mistakes result from not intent but impact. The last step is to
remember that “ally” is a verb. In other word, the most important to be an ally is
practice. I have listened to issues related to LGBT, and I have a friend who is actually
in the minority. However, I have not seen my friend practice one of these five steps.
Whenever there is issue about LGBT, I can see pictures in which people are picketing
and protesting, but there are few pictures of many LGBT passionately practicing.