Are you paying attention?

Sometimes I wonder, and I hope others do to, if anyone is paying attention. Do you notice the inequity, injustice, and systemic oppression of those that "The Big Boys" have determined are other? Can you see it daily in your conversations at work, with family and friends, in the news, in the decisions made by our leaders, or in movies/commercials/advertisements? Do you think our leaders have to shut off their ability to notice and act? I struggle with the presence of ignorance and am shocked when it shows up unexpected. I am frustrated with the fear that the economy or the possibility of joining the "other" group if you speak up has one our ability to act with regard to humanity...all humanity. There are times that I wish I could frame my perspective of the world through a new lens. I wish sometimes that I could take a moment and stop thinking and feeling and absorbing the inequity and injustice of this system, this world, this country. But there is not a day that it doesn't present itself. There isn't a day that I can ignore it. And it hurts. I worry about taking a moment to not think/feel it and I might forget. I worry about getting burnt out and shut out and not having the opportunity to act on my responsibility to care for others, to use my unearned privilege and stand up and notice. I can't let it go, it is each of our responsibilities to pay attention and act. If you're not, how do you sleep? How do you teach your children? How do you look in the mirror?