"The"

*Rant Alert*

This quote by Bob Goff has really resonated with me this week. Especially the first line. GOD MAKES PEOPLE. 

If we truly believe that the good Lord made us all, then people are people. Plain and simple. At least to me. 

Recently, I have experienced a number of folks saying things that I have found offensive. I am not the kind of person who is offended by everything, but this bugs me. 

It's using THE to describe groups of PEOPLE. 

One person refers to PEOPLE who are LGBTQ as "THE Gays." Another did not want to go to a certain place because of "THE Blacks." I hear this all the time. THE Jews. THE Muslims. THE Mexicans. Since I have dear people in my life who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Black, Muslim, and Mexican I simply don't like hearing them referred to as "THE" anything. 

How about using PEOPLE instead of THE? PEOPLE of the Jewish faith. PEOPLE from the Middle East. PEOPLE who are LGBTQ. 

People are people.