Represent

Before coming to college it occurred to me very little, undoubtedly due to my privilege, about representation in the media. Most of the media that I consume has to do with superheroes and the like. Of course the white straight man is well represented in this regard. So naturally I have felt well represented, even without realizing it. However when I came to college it started to be brought through my attention, by media no less, the short comings of  the media in the representation department. It also showed me how important it is. Before it had not even occurred to me, a character was just a character. Now of course I realize how important it is for people to feel their ethnicity and sexuality and religion and so on represented in the media, especially young people. I know how it feels to see people like Luke Skywalker and Peter Parker everyday and being able to identify with them. They helped me grow and heal and find out who I am, and to deprive people of that kind of basic development because they are different is not only cruel and ignorant but lazy and idiotic. People have the right to engage in media and see themselves represented. I'm both glad that I was able to broaden my knowledge and frustrated that this is an issue in the first place.