Sorry everyone! I meant to post this in off topic. Mods- would you mind moving it please?
Do you hold certain (usually negative) views around whole groups of people? Or, do you try to give every individual a chance to suggest who they actually are? If you have prejudices- maybe picked up from family members, maybe via your own experiences- do you try to challenge them creeping in or, do you live by them? Do you look for patterns even? Will a few people acting in a particular way make you suspect all people in that group do? Or- that they secretly want to act that way- even if they don't?
I'll admit that I do have some prejudices floating around. I'll likely not think of them the instant I meet a new person but- if they start to behave in the same way- I'll pretty quickly conclude they are maybe typical of that 'type'. Which, I realise isn't terribly fair. I won't hopefully, treat them badly as a response but, I may try to avoid them.
My Grandma raised me with a slight waryness/ distrust of men and from what I've witnessed- maybe she was right to. That's not to say she was right in all instances of course. But, perhaps some prejudices serve to protect us.
What do you think? Is prejudice always bad? Is it bad to pass caution/ prejudice on? Should we be free to form our own prejudices? Can we even entirely stop them? Or, should we give everyone the same prejudice free chance from the start?
Prejudice sounds cruel but, I imagine it partly came about as a survival instinct. Does that person or creature look dangerous?
Do you hold certain (usually negative) views around whole groups of people? Or, do you try to give every individual a chance to suggest who they actually are? If you have prejudices- maybe picked up from family members, maybe via your own experiences- do you try to challenge them creeping in or, do you live by them? Do you look for patterns even? Will a few people acting in a particular way make you suspect all people in that group do? Or- that they secretly want to act that way- even if they don't?
I'll admit that I do have some prejudices floating around. I'll likely not think of them the instant I meet a new person but- if they start to behave in the same way- I'll pretty quickly conclude they are maybe typical of that 'type'. Which, I realise isn't terribly fair. I won't hopefully, treat them badly as a response but, I may try to avoid them.
My Grandma raised me with a slight waryness/ distrust of men and from what I've witnessed- maybe she was right to. That's not to say she was right in all instances of course. But, perhaps some prejudices serve to protect us.
What do you think? Is prejudice always bad? Is it bad to pass caution/ prejudice on? Should we be free to form our own prejudices? Can we even entirely stop them? Or, should we give everyone the same prejudice free chance from the start?
Prejudice sounds cruel but, I imagine it partly came about as a survival instinct. Does that person or creature look dangerous?
