A run through the slavery of our generation

        War. Death. Terrorist attacks. Racist crimes leaving children without parents. The kids of our generation have experienced it all.
     
        From 9/11 to the Iraq war. The numerous school shootings. The enslavement of countless children as soldiers. This is the world we are forced to grow up in. You may argue that we aren't "forced" to grow up in it, and that we as children can make a change; but let's face the reality of it bud, the adults of our generation have constricted us as lesser beings. We are forced to be ruled by adults, to be forced into listening to their every word. This..slavery has been going on since the beginning of time. Not once has a child had more power than an adult, and they realistically never will.

       Claudia and Frieda, in "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, experienced this same type of slavery. They were forced by the adults in their town to do a variety of tasks and were still seen as lesser beings. Even when Claudia caught a cold and threw up on her pillow, she was harshly reprimanded for ruining a pillow. Her health was second to the well being of a cheap material good and if this doesn't represent how twisted society is then I don't know what does. If a child's health isn't put at as the utmost importance, we have failed in creating a world worth living in.

       Everyone here has been exposed to this type of slavery. Where an adult has looked down upon you for trying to voice even the slightest opinion. Time and time again I have tried to offer my thoughts on controversial topics, and time and time again I was laughed at by adults. Just yesterday, I was in a conversation about who would be the new James Bond with a group of dads. I claimed that a certain actor would not be able to pull it off, and backed it up with some points. Instead of taking my opinion into account, one of the dads laughed and said, "You don't know what you are talking about, your generation has never seen a good actor, go back to playing on your phone". How do I argue against this. I can't talk back because it is rude to disobey your elders. I was forced by the adults to leave the conversation because I am a mere child, not capable of offering valid arguments.

       In the end, our world will remain a pyramid where age grants you more power. The Egyptians must have all been fortune-tellers. Although some kids have made breakthrough in various fields, they don't matter in this world ruled by adults. No child does. It will remain like this, and the world will continue to spin. Maybe one day society as a whole will realize their error and we can move forward as a combined group of individuals. Maybe. Hopefully.