You are lying to yourself....

[Sirkarl101]

I am tired of people yelling at me that I am prejudice. ANYONE who say they are not prejudice are only being truthful if they are a sociopath. Prejudice exists within all of us. Our environment imprints on our personalities a perpetual reaction to certain stimuli. For instance. I grew up in an all white community in an environment where people of color were not allowed to reside, work, or even visit. The neighborhood tried to have the mailman removed from his route because he was of color. This started my bias of white versus people of color. I believe myself to be a good person and had the occasion to befriend several guys of ethnic background and my prejudice did not exist as it did not exist in the other guys. I was reminded abruptly on an occasion when I confronted my associates with their piers I was humiliated by their unfounded hostility they felt was necessary I assume to preserve their security among their similar race.

I never got over that feeling and it made me bitter. I went to college and my association with a psychology professor was secure enough for me to present this confusing matter. He laughed and first stated that I needed to pay more attention in his courses, but simply stated. " Everyone is prejudice concerning all matters, it is the degree of that prejudice that is what should concern you most."

When I see people of color complaining about how unfair the world is, it seems to me they fail to recognize their own prejudice contained within such statements. If people wish to be treated equal, cease the continuation of how they are so different.

This may make little sense to all of you, however I just wanted to get it down in writing to help clear this thought that I have been keeping to myself for a long time. This is very different from racism, but I am sure you all are well aware of this.

 

[del]

cool story, bro

 

[High_Gravity]

 

[Sirkarl101]

Responses like that are always appreciated. It further demonstrates the ignorance that exists within this country. More B.S from your world.

 

[High_Gravity]

Responses like that are always appreciated. It further demonstrates the ignorance that exists within this country. More B.S from your world.

 

[Wiseacre]

I am tired of people yelling at me that I am prejudice. ANYONE who say they are not prejudice are only being truthful if they are a sociopath. Prejudice exists within all of us. Our environment imprints on our personalities a perpetual reaction to certain stimuli. For instance. I grew up in an all white community in an environment where people of color were not allowed to reside, work, or even visit. The neighborhood tried to have the mailman removed from his route because he was of color. This started my bias of white versus people of color. I believe myself to be a good person and had the occasion to befriend several guys of ethnic background and my prejudice did not exist as it did not exist in the other guys. I was reminded abruptly on an occasion when I confronted my associates with their piers I was humiliated by their unfounded hostility they felt was necessary I assume to preserve their security among their similar race.

I never got over that feeling and it made me bitter. I went to college and my association with a psychology professor was secure enough for me to present this confusing matter. He laughed and first stated that I needed to pay more attention in his courses, but simply stated. " Everyone is prejudice concerning all matters, it is the degree of that prejudice that is what should concern you most."

When I see people of color complaining about how unfair the world is, it seems to me they fail to recognize their own prejudice contained within such statements. If people wish to be treated equal, cease the continuation of how they are so different.

This may make little sense to all of you, however I just wanted to get it down in writing to help clear this thought that I have been keeping to myself for a long time. This is very different from racism, but I am sure you all are well aware of this.

Treat people right, regardless of race, religion, or anything else. Doesn't mean you have to trust anybody, but you don't prejudge either. Do that and don't worry about anybody else's values. Life's too short to be getting caught up in somebody else's problems.

 

[yidnar]

I am tired of people yelling at me that I am prejudice. ANYONE who say they are not prejudice are only being truthful if they are a sociopath. Prejudice exists within all of us. Our environment imprints on our personalities a perpetual reaction to certain stimuli. For instance. I grew up in an all white community in an environment where people of color were not allowed to reside, work, or even visit. The neighborhood tried to have the mailman removed from his route because he was of color. This started my bias of white versus people of color. I believe myself to be a good person and had the occasion to befriend several guys of ethnic background and my prejudice did not exist as it did not exist in the other guys. I was reminded abruptly on an occasion when I confronted my associates with their piers I was humiliated by their unfounded hostility they felt was necessary I assume to preserve their security among their similar race.

I never got over that feeling and it made me bitter. I went to college and my association with a psychology professor was secure enough for me to present this confusing matter. He laughed and first stated that I needed to pay more attention in his courses, but simply stated. " Everyone is prejudice concerning all matters, it is the degree of that prejudice that is what should concern you most."

When I see people of color complaining about how unfair the world is, it seems to me they fail to recognize their own prejudice contained within such statements. If people wish to be treated equal, cease the continuation of how they are so different.

This may make little sense to all of you, however I just wanted to get it down in writing to help clear this thought that I have been keeping to myself for a long time. This is very different from racism, but I am sure you all are well aware of this.

Treat people right, regardless of race, religion, or anything else. Doesn't mean you have to trust anybody, but you don't prejudge either. Do that and don't worry about anybody else's values. Life's too short to be getting caught up in somebody else's problems.

black women are as likely to commit murder as white men !!! fbi crime stats !!!

 

[Douger]

I side with Chris.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3PJF0YE-x4]Chris Rock - Black People VS. Niggaz (Bring the Pain 1996) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[L.K.Eder]

prejudice - noun/verb
prejudiced - adjective

 

[waltky]

Dat's why Granny prejudiced against dem drug-dealin', gang-bangin', loud stereo-blastin, mariachi-music playin' Hispexicans...

Prejudice comes from a basic human need and way of thinking, new research suggests
Dec 21, 2011* — Where does prejudice come from? Not from ideology, say the authors of a new paper. Instead, prejudice stems from a deeper psychological need, associated with a particular way of thinking. People who aren't comfortable with ambiguity and want to make quick and firm decisions are also prone to making generalizations about others.

In a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Arne Roets and Alain Van Hiel of Ghent University in Belgium look at what psychological scientists have learned about prejudice since the 1954 publication of an influential book, The Nature of Prejudice by Gordon Allport. People who are prejudiced feel a much stronger need to make quick and firm judgments and decisions in order to reduce ambiguity. "Of course, everyone has to make decisions, but some people really hate uncertainty and therefore quickly rely on the most obvious information, often the first information they come across, to reduce it" Roets says. That's also why they favor authorities and social norms which make it easier to make decisions. Then, once they've made up their mind, they stick to it. "If you provide information that contradicts their decision, they just ignore it."

Roets argues that this way of thinking is linked to people's need to categorize the world, often unconsciously. "When we meet someone, we immediately see that person as being male or female, young or old, black or white, without really being aware of this categorization," he says. "Social categories are useful to reduce complexity, but the problem is that we also assign some properties to these categories. This can lead to prejudice and stereotyping." People who need to make quick judgments will judge a new person based on what they already believe about their category. "The easiest and fastest way to judge is to say, for example, ok, this person is a black man. If you just use your ideas about what black men are generally like, that's an easy way to have an opinion of that person," Roets says. "You say, 'he's part of this group, so he's probably like this.'"

It's virtually impossible to change the basic way that people think. Now for the good news: It's possible to actually also use this way of thinking to reduce people's prejudice. If people who need quick answers meet people from other groups and like them personally, they are likely to use this positive experience to form their views of the whole group. "This is very much about salient positive information taking away the aversion, anxiety, and fear of the unknown," Roets says. Roets's conclusions suggest that the fundamental source of prejudice is not ideology, but rather a basic human need and way of thinking. "It really makes us think differently about how people become prejudiced or why people are prejudiced," Roets says. "To reduce prejudice, we first have to acknowledge that it often satisfies some basic need to have quick answers and stable knowledge people rely on to make sense of the world."

Prejudice comes from a basic human need and way of thinking, new research suggests

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Prejudice exists within all of us.

That’s never been at issue.

The issue is how one elects to act on it.