RE: Do you have any prejudices?
May 27, 2013 at 10:35 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2013 at 10:37 am by dazzn.)
(May 27, 2013 at 1:49 am)paulpablo Wrote: In one way I agree with you, in another way I've had girlfriends and friends who have been muslims and worst enemies who I've literally just wish would die who were white atheists, but I do live in an area where there are a lot of pakistani muslims and I've witnessed a lot of prejudice from them in the past and I do think that their beliefs are ridiculous,
In practice though, their not drinking rule does work to an extent. My area has very little drunk violence, if they managed to sort out how they treat women and non muslims I might not see their religion as such a problem.
who says they cannot behave as they do?
(May 27, 2013 at 4:39 am)Ivy Wrote:
I remember when I was a kid my brother got beat up by another kid because he was "brown". I remember standing at a Denny's for an hour because they wouldn't have us, and my dad decided to stay there and repeat to us that we had to hold our heads high, not look down, and not give them the satisfaction for a minute that they made us feel ashamed of who we were. I remember my dad coming home from work to a wife who was hiding in the closet with her kids because the neighbor was harassing and threatening us because of our race, and my dad took my brother from the hand as he went and set the man in his place.
As an adult I always thought I was open to all cultures. I moved around so much that it was possible for me to meet people from many cultures. I had Asian, African-American, Mexican, Cuban, Salvadorian, Brazilian, gay, lesbian, transsexual, poor, not so poor, educated, uneducated friends, etc. I never noticed I didn't have white friends.
When I started my current job I met so many white people and I discovered I was prejudiced. My prejudice attitude was that as soon as I met them I felt uncomfortable, defensive, scared, and certain that they didn't like me. Now I am friends with most of them and I can't believe how much I have grown fond of them. I was wrong. I generalized. I took a few bad experiences as a child and didn't even notice I was applying them to everyone who fit that description. I was wrong and I'm so sorry. I really am.
And? prejudice is normal. i thought everybody knew that.
