Outsider

There is an interesting dynamic about things like groups, races, institutions, sections, etc. Each on of these has kind of an insider/outsider dynamic, whether you are alienated or accepted based on the color of your skin, the words your mouth forms, the group, status or whatever you to which you belong or don't belong. I am part of the law students association. I am not latino if you haven't noticed. I know a lot about the language, culture, history and in some cases more so than people from those countries. Maybe I'm an acception to the rule. I would like to think that I'm the type of person that would have marched with Dr. King. Even though I'm on the outside of some issues, groups and can see the inside enough to know that those people aren't being treated fairly. (side not is that minority women are treated very poorly in the area of law, NOT RIGHT). How do I help? How can I extend my abilities and capabilities to stand up for equality or justice to those whose group I do not belong? I can see how Thurgood Marshall through the NAACP was able to argue Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. My question is the lawyer that argued Texas v. Lawrence gay? It would make sense. It doesn't make sense for someone who is interested in the outcome as only in the ideas of justice (Justice I know, I know, a jaded term) fight so hard for something that otherwise doesn't really affect them. I would fight a discrimination suit for a minority woman. It doesn't make sense because I am not effected perosnaly by the outcome. Maybe that's what being a lawyer is all about though. You can be an advocate for people that care deeply about the outcome. I'm sure that every lawyer chooses their field of practice because the believe in one situation or the other. Maybe that is exactly the reason that I became a lawyer to be the voice of the voiceless and to give power to those that don't have it. To stand as one of them and say neigh this is wrong. I just hope that I get a chance to do it.