why the Susan Boyle jokes upset me

[Haole Girl]

I guess what disappoints me most about people targeting and making a joke out of Susan Boyle is because that was supposed to be the whole point of her success. Someone who was once ridiculed and laughed at suddenly gaining respect. I guess it just does not happen-- not in reality. Either we are born a beautiful person with the traits society admires or we are a joke. That is the cold and harsh reality of it. We are a superficial, artificial, image-driven society. Those of us who don't meet the expectations are thought less of... even in the face of success.

Am I making too much of the jokes? Perhaps. If I am, it's only because I hoped the Susan Boyle story would have a happy ending. I had hoped she had truly beaten the odds. But I don't think she has. It's the same ole story it's always been... the beautiful, thin, attractive people are worshiped as goddesses. Those who don't meet expectations are discarded as a joke.

I think that just about says what I'm feeling at the moment... an almost indescribable disappointment.