Prejudice

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      Cre8NoH8
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      We are all born unaware of who we are. As we develop, we learn our place in the world through how we are treated and what we have, our material and social status, and our self-worth is formed. Most of us experience some form of abuse or challenge along the way.

      Racism is belief in racial superiority. People aren’t born with enough self- awareness to be racists. Racism and prejudice are taught but reinforced through life experience. Prejudice is literally pre-judging. Prejudice becomes very difficult to spot in yourself, because it has to do with the neurological patterning that develops over time which creates things like “Street Smarts” and “Common Sense”. It’s the subconscious assumptions you make to evaluate threats, at the most basic level of instinct. As adult humans, personal development includes the expansion of awareness, starting with the self.

      Have you ever noticed that people are always complaining about a Group and citing a few character traits that Group is supposed to embody? It’s always a complaint, never, “I hate them, they’re so nice and fair and treat me so well”?! If you’ve never had a personal experience with a Group, media and rumor shape the prejudice. If your limited experiences with a Group are negative, it reinforces your prejudice. Prejudice is natural to us all, but isn’t the goal not to be ruled by our most base self? Isn’t that why we think we’re better than animals?

      What Group do you belong to? What negative perceptions do people have against your Group? How can you counteract that prejudice by giving someone a positive experience that will reduce that prejudice and spread positive rumor back to the isolated group that is prejudiced against you?

      Isn’t it true that No One is “Just Like” Anything? Aren’t these labels simply ways to classify large groups of people based on something? We’re all complex, we all want to be loved. If we can identify the sources of hate, how it is formed, perhaps we can better understand how to dissolve it. Becoming aware of yourself is where it starts.

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