Stigmas are bad, M'kay!

Stigma is a mark or a characteristic about a person. It can be from the clothes they wear, body ink or simply the skin color. What I’m going to talk about is the ethnic race point of view because I think it’s one of the most common stigmas out there. But before we get to that I want to point out the stigma in music because I love 1960’s Rock n’ Roll from The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix you name it. There are times when I listen to psychedelic stuff and people would automatically assume that I smoke weed in the words, “Hey PJ, do you smoke pot?” and I simply say “No. I’m straight-edge!” Just because there is a certain element of what the music is about that doesn’t mean that it reflects to the listener. Music is one way to keep your psyche gauge balanced depending on what type of genre you’re in to. 

Now for the ethnic part, being Asian isn’t easy because even though San Francisco is one of the most tolerant cities in the United States, there are still ignorant individuals who discriminate Asians. Some people tend to accuse us of being bad drivers, dog eaters, or even a burden to society. It can be the other way around by assuming that we are all good at math and computers. There are a lot of racial profiling towards Asians and most of them have something to do with the physical appearance like the hairstyle, eyes, and the way we dress. Most Asians are aware of how other people view them resulting them to hang out only with their own kind, like any other race. 

A tiny portion of our society reacts to this stigma pretty fast, like liberals trying to find something to protest about but they never get to the bottom of the situation. Society can sometimes think they have all the right answers and the media is no different. The media has the ability to make matters worse by exposing this stigma to other people. I guess the origins of this stigma is from our ancestors from the way they lived and what they accomplished during ancient times. I’m going to repair this stigma by educating as many individuals I can that we are all different outside, but we all look the same beneath the surface. We wouldn't have this issue if everyone in the world shares the same opinion.