I was doing my homework last night, like ALWAYS, and I had to watch this movie on women in the Hindu society. It was an amazing movie about their struggle to overcome oppressive traditions. One woman, Vandana Shiva, said something that summed up how I feel about activism and doing my part. She said, "anyone who has a conscience can't but be an activist, to engage in preventing injustice in preventing the destruction of nature. Anyone who cares will do something. To be an activist is to act. Ant in a world of destruction and injustice to not be an activist is to accept injustice as the norm which means to kill your conscience. I mean, anyone who is not an activist today is accepting violence, is accepting exploitation." She pretty much said everything that I have been thinking. This is the reason why I am planning on going to law school, it is my way of becoming an activist and doing what I can to prevent injustice.
