RE: Are stigmas and and prejudices, inherently based on fear, ignorance and hatred?
February 8, 2017 at 3:24 pm
Heather McGhee (who's she? http://www.demos.org/heather-c-mcghee) was on C-SPAN not too long ago fielding questions from callers when she gets a call from Gary from North Caroline...
[Youtube]BsUa7eCgE_U[/youtube]
The conversation in this video is by far more important than shouting "Your views are wrong!" The problem is this is a best case scenario. In the link below you can read a follow up of Gary going to the library to check out books to learn more about people of color. What I see on a daily basis are people who are happy to hate, and who would like nothing more than to not need to learn more about people who are different from them. The conversation in the video is a two way street where both people were willing to listen. Unfortunately, that's not always the case.
In my opinion, and I think it follows, learning eliminates fear-based prejudice, but the issue is getting to a place where people on both sides want that conversation. Heather McGhee was well-prepared, but you could easily see a lesser person snapping at the "I'm prejudice." Again, it's a two way street.
Here's a follow-up on Gary.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/0...nt-america
[Youtube]BsUa7eCgE_U[/youtube]
The conversation in this video is by far more important than shouting "Your views are wrong!" The problem is this is a best case scenario. In the link below you can read a follow up of Gary going to the library to check out books to learn more about people of color. What I see on a daily basis are people who are happy to hate, and who would like nothing more than to not need to learn more about people who are different from them. The conversation in the video is a two way street where both people were willing to listen. Unfortunately, that's not always the case.
In my opinion, and I think it follows, learning eliminates fear-based prejudice, but the issue is getting to a place where people on both sides want that conversation. Heather McGhee was well-prepared, but you could easily see a lesser person snapping at the "I'm prejudice." Again, it's a two way street.
Here's a follow-up on Gary.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/0...nt-america
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
