It's not about silence I feel, at least standing in this generation I wouldn't say we are silent. Maybe everyone is not too vocal, but for a change, only one needs to understand and others accept, right? But, tell me if someone or a huge mass of people tend to be ignorant how do you make them aware or make them accept the harshness of it all?
Saying "we" aren't vocal, "you/I" ain't vocal, I don't think that's the problem. Do you know about VALUEs? It is about that I feel. We all somewhat know, and with that knowledge, we just want to ignore or work on it. The few of us or the many of us who are working on it is understanding and acknowledging but, the ones who are aware of it but are not acknowledging are the problematic ones.
However, there is no way out of blaming one or the other, it is a personal mindset of beliefs actually, I feel. After all, values are not same for every individual.
It is not possible to explain a large number of people together because i don't have that ability. But if one in every family talks about these then maybe this society will change.