If you can't be human

I had a group counseling session with a class at school, and one of the topics we brushed on was gender equality and how it’s important to be human being before anything. Racism is common everywhere in the world, and while we are all entitled to our own opinions, I just wanted to share a basic realisation that I believe is worth sharing and at-least a discussion amongst your friends and family.

As human beings if we can’t be human, then we shouldn’t claim to be of any religion, belief or discriminate anyone on the basis of colour, caste, creed, education, economic status etc. It’s just pointless. No matter where in the world you are, when we bleed we bleed the same blood. This reminds me of a book ; ‘Whoever you are’ by Mem Fox. It’s a beautiful book for even the adults to read, it simplifies the issues of the world to the basics, in the end we are all human. I highly recommend parents and teachers to read this book multiple times to their children/students.  Host discussions on the topic, and sensitise everyone on being human. This book reasons with logic, that no matter where you are in the world the pain we feel, the blood that pours out, the feelings are all the same, no matter how we look, what we become, how qualified we get, no matter how different we are, we are all the same, we are all human.

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Explaining everything to children becomes easy when you break it down, the essence of us and what makes us unique from animals is our capacity to be beings with intellectual capacity, to understand, sympathise, empathise with fellow beings. And if we can’t be human, then we are worse than animals.

Comments

  • blogfhs

    June 27, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    Reblogged this on Focus High School.

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  • Sheeba

    June 27, 2015 at 11:32 pm

    yes so true 1st of all v have to b a gud human being
    N rest I like u n courage

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  • Yasmin

    June 28, 2015 at 4:54 am

    Dear Syeda,
    Read your blog and was deeply moved. A must read and share for all. Good work.
    The world needs people like you.

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  • Raza Abidi

    June 29, 2015 at 6:50 am

    Good Blog.. Yes its true racism still exists.. in some way or other… And children must be taught about this so that one day the racism is abolished for ever. Good blog by you Mam’..
    God Bless U.. for ever..

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    • syeda Fatima (Hyderabadimom)

      June 29, 2015 at 3:05 pm

      Thank you.

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      • ABDUL KAREEM KHAN

        September 4, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        Assalamualaikum, Respected Counsellor, Thanks a lot 4 ur article, v shud b good human being first. i like it.
        ABDUL KAREEM KHAN

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  • ABDUL KAREEM KHAN

    September 4, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    WISH YOU A HAPPY TEACHERS DAY.

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