If you would have asked me this question a few years ago, I would have said  no. However, times have changed, and 2020 has brought me more context. All the racial inequalities that took place illustrated an image of two worlds: one fighting for equality and one fighting for rights for people of color. People need to have the same goal on this matter. We need to be a united country fighting for the freedom of everyone. 

Equality is something we'll never achieve because we are too self-centered to look outside our imaginary world. We are all too different to be similar. One person could have it all while another could be poor as dirt. We have different personalities, traits, and thoughts. If we achieved equality by crushing everyone else’s opinions, no one would have  morals anymore. During the Civil War, our country fought for equality and the end of slavely, we set Black men and women free, but  killed many in the name of equality, not justice. If the Civil War wasn’t viewed as a fight for equality, but instead a fight for the future, I think many would have accepted others, despite gender or race. To this day, people still think less of others based on the color of their skin.

However, justice is something we can achieve as a country. I believe that justice is doing the right thing even when times are tough. Justice isn't someone sitting in court dictating who's guilty and who's innocent. Justice is freedom, courage, and accepting people for who they are. For justice to be justice, it needs to come from the heart, not the mind. Justice is fueled by the heart, equality is fueled by the mind. 

Have you ever noticed that in pageants, every contestant wants world peace, equality, and freedom? By fighting for what they propose, we could create a utopia. But don't you know every utopia is really a dystopia? We are human because we have flaws and imperfections, personalities, and love. We can achieve world peace if everyone just thought about the true meaning of justice. 

We all have justice deep inside us, we just need to think before we take action. To answer the question posed earlier: equality is equalness and fairness, justice is doing the right thing. We can't have true equality without everyone having justice within them first. When the world understands that, people won't discriminate, because they're doing what's right, and that feeling is better than the taste of revenge.