Today I am remembering one of my biggest inspirations and warriors! Ryan White! He is an angel and someone that has inspired me to fight for injustice! He just wanted to go to school and fought for it when he was discriminated for having HIV! It is incredible to me that we are 30 years into this illness and the MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL is not letting a young boy go to school because of his condition!
This is not right and this is my opinion. As a person who talks to young people all the time, so many young people are having unprotected sex. And if they think that HIV is not going to affect them because they are not letting this kid go to their school, THEY ARE WRONG! I imagine they go out at some point..they can have unprotected sex and contract HIV!
I am so sad and in shock I don't even know what to feel! I feel for this young man and I hope that things change! What are they going to do if some kid gets HIV while attending this school?? Will they throw him out like dirt??
I can't sit back and not say something when injustice is happening right in front of me! I have to vent ..my soul feels sad and I am beyond angry! When will ignorance stop?? When?? Why are some human beings like this? Where is the compassion? Empathy!
As I tell everyone, HIV IS HERE! Every 9 1/2 mins someone gets infected with HIV in the UNITED STATES alone!
Again my heart goes out to this kid and the family! And as Ryan White's mom always told him, "SON, KEEP YOUR CHIN UP!"
LOVE AND LIGHT!
...But today my heart is broken and I feel hurt.
Maria T Mejia
Thank you for writing this. Yes it is your opinion that it is not right to deny this child entry into Milton Hershey. But there are many like you who agree and I am one of them, it is my hope and prayer that the law will be on our side as this goes through the justice system and remind people that discrimination is wrong. Injustice is wrong.
ty for your words! justice will be served!