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There is a certain side of life, that I am ignorant too. There is a barrier built into who I am, and where I was born and who I was born to that keeps me from understanding life of the oppressed. There is a plethora of opportunity built into my life, I didn't ask for it but I have it. It is easy to skate through life without meeting much opposition simply because of the way I look (except in Texas--they don't like hippies).

The more I've studied the more aware of this advantage I have, so it's with some serendipity that the classes I have this semester are all designed to help me along that path. Men, Women, and Media is studying the bias of gender roles in the media. The History of African-American Literature highlights the significant advancements of African-American literature--literature that best shows what black society has had to put up with.

Some of you may be reading this and wondering why I hate my own skin so much--this isn't the case. This isn't white guilt. I've done nothing to feel guilty about. But what these classes, and really being in college, has taught me is that I truly believe in equality--for everyone. And that for anyone who has an advantage over another--it is their responsibility to reach out and obliterate those hurdles. I believe in this, in absolute equality for everyone. And it is time that I start taking it seriously--these classes will help.

This is going to be a hard, but a good semester.