We live in an era of technological highs, where our views can reach so many people in a matter of seconds. It saddens me, then, to see so many people leaving hateful messages about the dreams and hopes of the disadvantaged. Many people are against the Dream Act because they believe that it would be a reward for lawbreaking. To those people I say, do your research and analyze what it really stands for. By judging based on the surface, you are displaying major ignorance. This battle is not simply over just a piece of paper, but rather the things that piece of paper represents. You see, without that piece of paper, living life is simply hard to do. You are suddenly not 100% human, as if humanity is something that can be rationed. Suddenly, your voice is harder to hear, as if expression is something to be looked down on. Your face is ripped of its defining features, as if your identity is something to be erased and forgotten. Slowly but surely, faced with rejection day by day, pieces of your being are torn away, until nothing is left but your body, now an empty shell. Tell me how do you love when love has been denied to you? How do you live when your fate rests in someone else’s hands? How do you laugh when your voice has been silenced? How do you hope when your future seems bleak at best? How do you jump, shout, play, or dance? How do you "be" when your very being is on trial?” Before you judge, take the time to read and educate yourself. Sit down with someone who can tell you what the Dream Act would mean to them and how it has affected their lives.
To Dreamers all over the country: let your voices be heard. Do not let other peoples ignorance silence your voices!!!
