Many of us believed that by the year 2000 we'd all be living in a very futuristic world with flying cars, robots everywhere and having all things controlled automatically. But beyond the fact that regualr people have a portable telecommunication device with them at all times, the future we imagined to be present is not.

But as much as that is a disappointment it is not really as distressing as the fact that in terms of human and civil rights, we are still pretty much stuck in the olden times. Bans on gay marriages, arranged marriages between an 8 year old girl and a 47 year old man, religious police beating women when they are caught driving or talking to a male non-relative, throwing acid at girls who attempt to go to school, genocide over ideoligical or religious difference are still occuring all over the world.

This is not to say that as a group we have not taken a lot of steps towards equality. But it is not enough. And it is my worry that instead of moving forward and creating more equality, we are on the path of turning things back. Back to denying people basic rights just because they are different from us. One step forward and three steps back seems to be our reality and I look at it and understand that things take time but can't help but be distressed that I may never see certain things come to fruituition in my lifetime. I envy the those who were part of the civil revolution in America for many of them lived to see an end goal that was achieved. It was a hard journey for them but they saw a milestone be achieved. Sure they still have things to do, there are still many things that are still not equal. But a very big hurdle has been cleared and now they see that all their efforts can make a difference and are not wasted. Will it be the same of the other forms of biases? I hope so.

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