Alien Starship

Woman Captain

You can tell by my painting 

that I have watched all of

that Star Trek series.

I also have watched all of

the Star Trek movies,

It seems to me that 

Star Trek movies and series

deal with a lot of issues in

our world filled with controversies.

Finally we had Captain Janeway

in the Voyager Star Trek series.

She was in command of a lot of

men and women and its message

was that a woman can do anything

a man can and do it as good or

better than any man does.

As for me it shared that there

is hope for all of us and that

some day women will be given

the same opportunities as men.

Those who oppose the evolution 

of women into new roles that

only men had, and also those

jobs they wanted to keep for

men, have lots of reasons.

From the beginning of time

racism, bigotry, and social 

stereotypes have always been

supported by the same reasons. 

They paint negative reasons for

not sharing their freedom and choices

for others of different races, ethic 

backgrounds, genders, religions and gender

preferences.

It it seems to me that they feel that

only they are valuable human beings.

It seems to me that they feel that they

are more deserving and better than

everyone else. 

It also seem that things have changed.

The newest bigotry has created 

economic racism, which means that

the poor have nothing because they

are lazy or have chosen to be   

uneducated and we don't need to

help them; they should pull 

themselves up by their bootstraps.

Another thing has happened that

confuses me, it is the anti-feminist 

movement. Have we forgotten

that feminist worked to get the

right to vote  for women

and have also worked

hard to pass laws about domestic

violence. Do they know there was a

time when women were the 

property of their husbands.

We only needed a few more states'

yeses to pass the equal rights

 amendment for women, 

which means that women 

would have the same 

 rights as men.

It seems to me that all of us are

valuable human beings and all

of us may make a contribution

to America, though some may

need some help from us, I believe

that all of us can have success.

I believe that we will only stay free

if we stand up for others and their 

rights, only if we value each other

and stand up together against every

form of racism and bigotry, Only then

may we all continue to be free.