Didn't Discrimination End 50 Years Ago?

Okay, sure the title is a little forward, and maybe a little aggressive too. But it got your attention. However, fifty years ago African Americans were discriminated against by the "Whites" in the Jim Crow South. You don't need to be a history teacher to know the devastating things that happened to minority groups like the African Americans back then. But civil rights activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm-X advocated viciously for their freedom by helping pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that banned the discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities. This act was primarily geared towards protecting the rights of millions of African Americans, however all minority racial groups benefited from the Act.

However nowadays, it's no longer the racial groups being discriminated against.

Everyday, teenagers and adolescents are thought of as inferiors. Parents, or elders everywhere think that teenagers are always immature, rude, and obnoxious especially when teenagers are driving. Parents will automatically think that the teenager is an awful or incapable driver because of our age. Here is some "lingo" that parents say when referring to any teenaged driver...

Punk: (n) a teenaged male driver who listens to "what they call" music loudly, drive fifteen minutes over the speed limit, and holds the steering wheel with one hand, while still maintaining the "tough-guy" look while they drive.

Bimbo: (n) a teenaged female driver who wears large sunglasses that make her look like a bug, sings the lyrics to her "favv" song of the week while going through the crowded intersection without using her turning signal, and having obnoxious bumper stickers that are distracting for other drivers.

Also, parents think that teenagers in cars make the world an awful place. Every time I drive by someone who is doing yardwork, getting their mail, or walking their dog I waive and give them a smile because I want to prove that us teenagers aren't incoherent individuals.

However, I get the opposite reaction once I waive. The elder I waived to instantly gets that grimace on their face. Their face scrunches up in an angry fashion and they take both their hands and "raise the roof in the opposite direction." Instead of pumping both their hands to the sky, like the famous instant party-starter that we know and love, they pump both their hands to the ground indicating for me to slow down.

So teenagers who read this, don't worry what these adults think of you. Keep listening to your average pop music with the windows down. Let the world know you listen to Ke$ha, embrace it. But don't let it get out of hand. We should get the respect we deserve by earning it. Just be thankful we don't drive like this...