People are people

I have this belief that people are people. No matter what they do for a living, where they live or what their background is. We are all very similar and want the same things, mainly to be liked and loved by other people.
This seems to be consistently forgotten in the mainstream media, where what you own, what you earn, the car you drive and where you live defines who you are.
I hear people judging and making decisions about other people based off these criteria. We become (and seem to like to become) detacted from the fact that these people are human beings, just like ourselves, with the same wants and desires.
People we do not know just become objects in this world.

This upsets me. I mean we need to make decisions to move on through our lives (who gets hired, who does not), but everyone is a person and deserves the respect and acknowldgement of that.