I have been thinking about this week's blog post of what time I have tolerated great injustices for my own personal convince and when I have stood up against it and walked away. I would like to be able to say that I boycotted Apple or Hershey products when it came out that they used unethical ways of producing them, but sadly I cannot. I did not do anything about it, but instead went along with my daily life, texting on products created in sweatshop like conditions and snacking on the sugars of child labor. 

To find times when I walked away, I looked at situations that had popped up that were a little closer to home, a little smaller scale. I am proud to say that when people around school or on the weekends, begin to talk poorly about my friends, I simply walk away from the conversation. I refuse to participate in bad mouthing my friends so I remove myself from the situation. 

Sometimes as we discussed in class, walking away isn't always the 'hero" move but I believe while there might be better options like standing up for them or voicing your disapproval, walking away is better than staying. When you do nothing about it, you are silently saying "I think this is okay" which is why I could never stay and here my friends bad mouthed behind their backs. 

~Sahale