With what kind of walls is today’s society confronting?

We are living in the 21`st century, in a world where people have the freedom to express themselves. People are no longer living under the terror of the communist dictators and, human rights are being promoted all around the globe. All of these with the Fall of the Iron Curtain and the instauration of democracy in Europe.

But were the walls between people actually destroyed? In today’s society, racism and discrimination are at an all-time high, and with the emergence of the pandemic, people have become more cold and anxious with each other. Today’s Europe is confronted with problems such as populism, racism, foreign hate, corruption, and self-sustaining.

We, as part of the nation, are having a hard time finding a good job. Right after college graduation we are told we have no experience and for elder people that they are too old and all the jobs we find are not well-paid. But what about the people that want to have a new start in a new country? Emigrants and other minorities traveling to another country are having a hard time finding job opportunities and face discrimination. And when they do find a job, they are treated differently, and the social integration conditions are not met by the employer. The state is not involved in changing these discriminations due to high expenses.

Along with the pandemic, people have begun to distance themselves from each other, so a new invisible wall between people was built. This promoted human hate and fear, the fear of not being contaminated. The children were told to keep their distance from each other. Words like that can destroy a kid’s childhood and the beginning of his social life. All this besides the fact that some parents are still racist and tell their children to not befriend a child from another culture or race or a child that has some problems and isn’t good enough.

Recently a new problem had shown up and that is the Russian-Ukrainian War, which puts the European economy and civilization in question. The war has awakened the fear and terror in people’s souls and the despair of finding a way to live. Other countries cannot give political support because of the Atomic Bomb threat that can lead to a worldwide war.

As we can see after 30 years after the fall of the dictatorship we are still confronted with the same problems as in the past. Our parents and grandparents had a hard time due to the dictatorship, confront themselves with problems such as censorship and disregard for human rights, and they got lacked freedom of speech. Then, after the Fall of the Iron Curtain, the current adult generation was no longer living with a constant theme of doing something wronghad but had a hard time with the crisis after the fall of the dictatorship. The current young generation could build something against racism and fear of not being socially integrated. Anxiety and fear of failure are still reeling in this world.

We, all the living generations, should do something in order to break the invisible walls between people, in order to support each other and guarantee the human integration for all people regardless of race, age or culture. That’s why being multicultural could be a solution. We should show solidarity with each other and build new boundaries between nations.