Please explain it to me.....

Amazingly, I cannot understand why there are so many divisions in this country.

If you are homosexual, I do not need to know that. Just as you do not need to know if I am or am not homosexual. What does it matter? If I am hired to do a job, my sexuality has absolutely nothing to do with how well - or how poorly - I do my job, where I buy my groceries, where I shop, what I buy, where I go out to dinner, the movies I choose to see.

And no one can explain to me why knowing this would be important.

If I am black, again, it does not affect how well - or how poorly - I do my job.

Same goes for Asian, Latino, Italian, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, tall, short, thin, fat, green, purple, orange or burgundy.

Maybe I am just too literal.

Either you want to be in this country, become a citizen, acknowledge the struggles that have gone into building this nation & assimilate - or you want to be in a different country. Get a job & work to earn your place here. Do not ask for handouts just because you decide you are somehow 'owed' something. It's really very simple.

Giving special priority to anyone just because they exist is wrong. Giving preferential treatment to someone because of the color of their skin, or sexuality, or shoe size, or whether they are right or left handed, needs to stop.

And before anyone says "discrimination" is the reason....I've experienced it. Been there on the receiving end. And moved past it. It was the problem of the person(s) who were ignorant. But no one held a parade for me, no special prosecutor was appointed, no one stepped in to 'make it right'. I did that by doing my job & doing it well. I did that by living my own life which includes helping others.

It seems to me that the only ones creating divisions are those who are claiming to have been 'set apart', yet continually try to set themselves apart as a 'victim'.

So, again, I ask: what do all these divisions have to do with anything?

I am a smart person, but I really do not understand.