Why do we label people. Is it because we jealous, is is because we think we're better than them. Labels like emo or country or goth or hipster. Is it because of how we dress or act, is it because we don't understand why people do what they do. For example, I have a friend who's "emo" and I'm one of the only people who will go and talk to her, why is that. Or I know people who are "red necks" and it's like they can't even stand to be in the same room with me, why is that. Is it because people our age, sense the fifties, have labeled and fought each other. Is it because we don't understand each other? Or maybe it's because some people don't know what other people go through. I have know idea what some of the people that hate me go through, they have no idea what they have caused me. Is it because most humans think that all people should be like them, and when they see people aren't them, do the label us and send us off to concentration camps. Is it because it's in human nature to try and control each other, maybe it's that desire to control other people that makes people label us or others. Maybe it's because we allow the surface of the people to tell us everything. I have experienced the power of labels, like many of you. My parents label me because of how I dress. I will admit, I'm an " emo " but my parents are just to quick to decide. I can wear black on black one day and they say I'm to emo, then the next I forget to where a belt because I'm late, they say I'm a thug. Or the days that I get picked on or get worked up, I go home, keep quite and listen to MMI ( miss may I) and then all of a sudden I get my music taken away because I'm acting like a punk. I have another friend who has been labeled so many things that you can't count. Because of this she's cut, she thought about killing her self. She spent many hours hiding away her true emotions. Because people have labeled her, at this school and her other. She is a sister to me know. She is very sweet and funny and caring. But people only looked at how she responds to how they treat her.
