It’s easy to live under false pretences. It’s easy to see only what we want to see, to hear only what we want to hear, to believe only what we want to believe. Sometimes, in this chaotic world of ours, amidst a frenzy of conflicting truths and clashing philosophies, it seems that there’s no choice but to cast out certain inconvenient and ugly peripheries. So, in order to make some sense of this disorder and discord, we develop a tunnel vision of sorts; we perceive society through a set of monoculars, fine-tuned and tailored for our needs. With them, we’re able to better focus on what directly concerns us, preserve our core values in an era where absolute truths and consensus are hard to come by, and  maintain some semblance of a worldview in an age of uncertainty and deconstruction. However, if we’re not careful, these monoculars may also blind us to the issues and stories that, more than anything else, should remain in the foreground. Without proper care, this tunnel vision may cast out of sight unignorable tears in the fabric of our society, as well as the uncomfortable truth that we ourselves may be perpetrators of prejudice.