#Discrimination

Ableism is the theater director’s favorite method: casting disabled people as the perfect scapegoat on society’s stage. It doubles as a miracle cure for both the able-bodied person’s ‘benevolence’ and ‘insensitivity,’ turning real hardship into punchlines. It not only erects physical barriers but glorifies the disdain for those who must overcome them. The more one preaches understanding and empathy, the finer the web of unintentional exclusion becomes.

Ageism is a social exorcism born from the absolute worship of youth and deep terror of aging. The young are dismissed as inexperienced, while the old are branded obsolete. Under the pretense of fairness, it tramples both energy and wisdom. This paradoxical bias builds walls between generations, elevating a fleeting youth to eternal value. Eventually, victims and perpetrators alike find themselves sitting on the same bench of fate.

Xenophobia is the noble art of fortifying imaginary walls around one's comfort zone, styled as a civic virtue. It elevates fear of strangers to a moral high ground, ensuring belonging through exclusion. Often lauded in the name of safety and order, it functions as a last ditch defense mechanism against personal anxieties and ignorance. Left unchecked, it transforms cultural diversity into a dull chorus of identical opinions, where the only foreign concept permitted is the fear of the foreign itself.