We’re all the same on the inside

Somaya Malek

The writer’s neighbor and sister hug in their neighborhood.

Everyone is equal; we’re all from the same mom and dad: Adam and Eve. All human beings were created on the same planet Earth, and there’s no person who is better than the other.

Some people are rich and some people are poor because that’s how life works. Some people are rich because they were born rich or they worked hard for their success, but it’s not always like that. Some people were born rich and yet they end up poor when they get older, and on the other hand, some people are born poor and they get very rich when they get older. Therefore, no one is better than the other in any way.

God created us all equal and the same. There’s no difference between black, tan and white people- they are only skin colors. From the inside, we’re all the same color, we all have brains, hearts and everything else is the same. We are not different because we live in different countries, or we have different cultures or because there’s oceans and rivers that separate us and make a distance between us. We’re not different at all. Some people don’t want to understand that.

Some people hate others because of their religion, appearance and culture, using offensive terms like “terrorist.” Everyone can believe in what they want and practice whatever religion they desire. Others have to respect that, even if they don’t like it.

It really bothers me how some people think they are better than others based on their look, clothing or ethnicity. That’s not fair because people didn’t create themselves. They didn’t choose how to look, and they didn’t decide their lives to be the way they are either.