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Cancer doesn't discriminate - why do we?
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Cancer - a disease that slowly consumes our tissue until there are not enough healthy cells left in our body to sustain life. It is a disease that knows no boundaries - a disease that is capable of afflicting every human being of every age, occupation and background on the face of the earth.
Cancer has been with us since the beginning of human civilization, and according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), cancer is the second leading cause of death behind heart disease.
October is known as Breast Cancer Awareness month; a month we have designated to focus our efforts on education, support, and raising money to find a cure for a disease that affects us all; a disease where your race is not an issue.
Of course, cancer is not the only disease that does not discriminate; you can literally name any disease you want (heart disease, stroke, respiratory, diabetes, AIDS, Alzheimer's) - they all have the same purpose of infecting and tearing down our bodies. As these diseases fulfill their purpose, they do not make a distinction between our ethnic makeup, or our racial background.
The month of October here in Los Angeles (and across the nation) is filled with events, seminars and public rallies that are designed to teach, inspire and empower, and when you attend these gatherings, you see every person of every gender and race, all standing in one place as one voice for one cause - a cure for cancer.
It is during these gatherings that we all accept the fact that no matter what we look like, we are all the same. It is beneath us as intelligent human beings to continue to hate and fear one another because of skin color (and hating ourselves in the process) when we all have the collective ability to combine and utilize our resources to target problems, develop solutions, and find cures for not only cancer, but for all diseases.
Cancer has been with us since the beginning of time and has never discriminated against any human being, so why do we?
Diseases are successful because do not discriminate. Imagine how successful we would be if we did the same.
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