Mahaila+W’s+Final+AmEx+2014+Speech

=Title of Speech= Judgement

=Text of Speech=

So up until yesterday I had no idea what I was going to do this on. None what's so ever. I mean I could have done it on how discriminating women's pants pockets are, the unimportance of shoes or being an actress but then it hit me those are really something I want to give this speech on? I mean they are all important to me but... It took me forever, a day, and girl spreading rumors about me at my play company to figure it out. JUDGEMENT. Everyone judges everyone in this world, falsifying stories just because of something that they see, calling girls a slut because they like to hang on their guy friends or a prude for not having any. But why? Why do we have to live in a world where stories are made up to create unrealistic images of people we hardly even know? Why because for some reason or another we have the need to have opinions on subjects that aren't of our concern. Everyone judges everyone, even I do it... As much as I don't want to. I try to live by the mentality of only judging people on how they treat you but growing up in a society where judgment is everywhere makes that kind of hard. I like to say "If you are nice to me and you like me, nothing that you do matters unless it puts me in harm’s way" but others don't like to think the same. I have gotten so many people having opinions on me without them even knowing who I am. For those of you who are those people I'll give you a brief layover. I am Mahaila, I loathe wearing shoes and makeup, hate having my hair in my face, like to cuddle with everyone I am friends with, guys included, my friends like to say I flirt with everything even if I have no idea I am doing it, I love food, and I always walk down the hall ways holding my best friend's hand. From these things I have gotten that I am a slob, a fatass, that I have a boyfriend…Who I apparently cheat on with everyone, that I am a slut, and that I am a lesbian, all because people like to make rash decisions on my personality before they even talk to me. So for those who are judging right now I want you to know, no I am not dating Matt, I am not a lesbian and am most defiantly not a slut, even if I was why should you care it's not your life anyway? You aren’t living it, I am. I know all of you have some sort of opinion forming about me in your mind right now but honestly I wouldn’t care because I have learned to look past it even if those thoughts and opinions still make their way through. In thinking about having to push through judgment it really makes you wonder why it’s there in the first place. Just the development of society has caused this need to contradict itself and says to be your own people but just a warning people aren’t going to like that about you and they will come up with reasons why it is bad. In the America I hope to grow old in, I want to see people not judging others. I want to be able to tell my kids that they can act in any kind way they want without people thinking they are strange when really they are just being themselves. I want to see an America where people won’t be afraid of what others have to say about them because there will be nothing to hear, but most of all I want to see an America free of judgment where I am free to be my true self without getting knocked down by, and I really hate saying this but, haters. Where I can walk down the hall with my best friend and not get a questionable look when I let go of his hand to go hug another guy friend, walk around without my shoes, and eat one meal without someone saying that I don’t need it. Where I can sing Disney at the top of my lungs without saying my voice sounds horrible and I need to stop when I’m just trying to have fun. And where we can all be who we are without fear for being pulled down by harsh judgment from others, where you can be your true person and let your freak flag fly. So I leave you with this, how would your life be different if you stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day you look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.