Thursday, May 22, 2014

Bigotry is it instilled in us all?

It's tough to say but it's a fact whether scientists have proven it or not. Somewhere deep down inside us all is a little bigotry whether we want to admit it or not. We are all prejudice is someway based on facts about different race, religious groups, a person sex we all have a little prejudice instilled within us. Crossing the street when you notice someone who appears as a criminal heading in your direction is a form of bigotry and prejudice. Like it or not or whether you want to believe it or not we all have some bigotry within us. We all are a bit prejudice we prejudge some people based on an appearance that we as a society have referred to as a criminal look or the look of a person who have evil within them. But is a person's appearance defining. Does the way someone look ultimately decides whether or not a person is suspicious? I feel that it's not right but we all have that stigma towards a certain look. Whether it's a rich white guy in a suit who appears boisterous people may perceive him as a narcissist or a black guy with dreads people may perceive him as a criminal. We have to wake up and we all have to realize that we are the causes of these stereotypes. We are all the causes of the bigotry and prejudice that's within us all. When are we going to stop labeling a certain look to a particular race that makes us a bit terrified when we see those people around us. A look doesn't define a person's character but Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech has fell on deaf ears for today's society and the world we have lived in for the past hundred years or so. Hatred is instilled in us and prejudice is built up within us and it's time we take a look in the mirror and asks ourselves why and how we can change individually and ultimately change as a whole.

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