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Who Needs Prejudice and Racism?
How I learned that we're all people regardless of skin color, culture, race, religion, and other characteristics.
Prejudice
Posts tagged Prejudice form the heart of my thinking on how people judge one another and why. My central argument is simple and applied without exception: judging an individual by the category you have sorted them into, rather than by who they actually are, is the same error in every direction.
I was raised with prejudices I had to unlearn, and I have been on the receiving end of others. That dual experience runs through these posts. They are also seed material for my forthcoming book, Everybody’s Prejudiced, which makes the case that everyone carries prejudice and that the practical cost of acting on it is that your world shrinks.
These posts insist on one consistent standard for everyone, and on judging people as the individuals they are.
Posted inAmerica
Ranting About Politics Does No Good
Instead of just dumping your opinion on people, try listening and understanding their viewpoint.It's few more effective.
Posted inMy Philosophy
Why do some people think racism is okay?
It all depends on what you mean by racism. Here is the standard I hold, and I hold it in every direction without exception. Judging an individual by the category…
Posted inUncategorized
Bullies
I'm seeing some posts about bullying, so I thought I'd add a couple of cents. When I was going to school, from kindergarten through the end of high school, I…
Posted inlife
The comments I get…
I've been exposed to prejudice in many forms for my entire life, even though I am not a "person of color". When I was a child, I was literally beaten…
Living on the Bright side of life and fears to be conquered
Years ago I saw a Monty Python movie called The Life of Brian. A friend of mine, a Monty Python affectionado, said I "had to see it" because it was one…
Posted inMy Philosophy
Prejudice
prej-u-dice (prej’∂ dis), n., v., -diced, -dic•ing. –n. 1. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 2. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable…