My Biggest Flaw: I cannot Tell a Lie

I have been referred to as the female version of Jim Carrey based off the film LiarLiar. I cannot tell a lie.

I wish I could have told one white lie when the snooty black woman behind the Social Security desk gave me the stink eye and said, “aren’t we all created equal?” That was her retort to my statement: Some of us are American citizens and this is how you treat Americans? Really? She wasn't being at all professional.

I said you people do not understand...she got so angry that she got up from her chair and slammed the glass door shut and walked away from the desk. She didn't come back for quite a while. I wasn't sure if she was coming back or not.

When she returned I told her that we are not all created equal. She called security on me and accused me of racism For saying "you people." When I was clearly referring to everyone in the Social Securit office, not a race.

Maybe if I hadn't been truthful and said: We aren't all created equal followed by some of us are illegal immigrants, not naturalized citizens--which is the legal process of becoming a U.S. citizen she wouldn't have been so upset.

The same people who want to extol diversity forget that the world does not owe you, me or anyone else a damn thing!

Everyone is so wrapped up with being treated “as equals” those same individual’s fail to acknowledge and celebrate their differences. And differences are made to be different--not the equivalent.

That day I wish I could have let it go and said, sure, we are all created equal. But, I couldn’t because I know it isn’t true. I cannot tell a lie. If we were all “equal” we would all be earning the same pay, living in the same homes and driving similar cars of “equal” value, but that’s simply not the case. And, it isn’t ever going to be the case because equality is like respect it is earned.