why are people such racist?

Question

some judge people even before they get to know them..WHY?

they say bad things about this person because of being Filippino...or sometimes they say bad things to the Filippinos generally..without really getting to know us. yes, maybe they don't have time to get to know us but why do they have to judge us?

AKO AY PILIPINO AT HINDI AKO NAHIHIYA DAHIL DITO!

Answer 1

thats not racism, thats prejudice. and i don't know, i guess ignorance.

Answer 2

B/c of stereo types. I accept all creed. Thats why all of the **** is blowing up now in America. Everyone plays or have played an important role of making the world what it is today. If you wipe out this race of people, you will be left out of something. IF there were no Hispanics, we would have good *** tacos, for example. Among others things. An African American invented the elevator, for example. And so on and so forth. Nobody can tell the next to go back to Africa or Iraq or China because we all came from other parts of the world. Have you ever thought how did Christopher Coloumbus discovered America when there were already Indians living here????????

Answer 3

Because they like the bad instead of the good, being judge mental is more interesting at least that's what they think, so they rather do bad then good. Also some people where not taught right when they where younger so they think its OK and the right thing to do. They rather be with Satan then God. Don't you follow suit and you will come out to be the better individual.

Answer 4

In general the urge to judge based on appearances is deeply ingrained. Animals in general are programmed to choose the most physically appealing mate.

The need to judge based off of race, religion, origin, orientation is pure ignorance!

Don't take it personally (though it's hard) just look at it this way, would you really want to be associated with someone that ignorant and shallow anyway?

Answer 5

I wonder if people would do a deep and intence search in their family tree,how many mixed nations they would find in it.....I did a small research, I didn't have to go that deep ,all I went in was till my grandparents,so eventually I have british,italian,french,maltese genes lol. I guess the real racists are the ones that feel scared ,maybe because refugees get paid less and they could easily get the racists jobs instead for lower pay.

Answer 6

It will always be that way. It will never change. That is why our law is very specific in prohibiting racial discrimination because the lawmakers are aware of the fact that racism can not be eradicated in a diverse society such as ours. Don't worry about it. Just be yourself and stand tall amidst those racists and prove to them you are better off intellectually than most of them.

Answer 7

People tend to reject anything that's different from them. Even our friends are people that behave more or less in the same way we do. Racism will always be there, even though things have changed a lot in the past few decades.

What we need is open minds and loving hearts to accept everyone the way they are!!!

Answer 8

Because Filippinos Stink Very Very Bad, as well as being Stupid.

Answer 9

try reading malcolm gladwell's book, blink. very insightful. don't worry about those racist, prejudiced people. that's the way the world is, and you can't change that. what you can change is the way it affects you. don't let it get to you honey. you should always be proud of who you are. try to live your life the way you want to, be good to others, do the best you can, and who knows, maybe you'll end up like those other asians who are making good lives for themselves in the US. just come to terms with the fact that you can't make everybody like you, and move on. lastly, as was so aptly put by the great Bamboo:

Tingnan mo ang iyong palad
Kalyado mong kamay
Sa hirap ng buhay
Sa dami mong problema
Nakuha mo pang ngumiti
Noypi ka nga
Astig

Saan ka man naroroon
Wag kang matatakot
Sa baril o patalim
Sa bakas na madilim

Hoy!
Pinoy ako!
Buo aking loob,
May agimat ang dugo ko!
Hoy!
Pinoy ako!
May agimat ang dugo ko!

Sinisid ko ang dagat
Nilibot ko ang mundo
Nasa puso ko pala
ang hinahanap kong kulo
Ilang beses na akong muntikang mamatay
Alam ko ang sikreto
kaya’t andito pa’t buhay

Sabi nila may anting-anting ako
Pero di nila alam na Diyos ang dahilan ko

Hoy!
Pinoy ako!
Buo aking loob,
May agimat ang dugo ko!
Hoy!
Pinoy ako!
May agimat ang dugo ko!


Dinig mo ba ang bulong ng lahi mo?
Isigaw mo kapatid ang himig natin!

Answer 10

although some people are racist, not all of us are. most of us, however, have stereotyped (in our minds) what a black person is, what a hispanic person is, etc.....it provides a starting point for forming an opinion of an individual. true intelligence and understanding lies in the stereotype being ONLY a starting point, NOT an ending point. for example, i am irish-american...at one time, anybody who was irish was assumed to be a lazy drunkard...much as blacks were once assumed to be ignorant and inferior, and mexicans were thought to be lazy, and just like some people think muslims are terrorists....remember, timothy mcveigh (oklahoma city bomber) was a christian. despite the fact that he didn't act much like it.

Answer 11

Most people are not racist. The few people that are racist do it out of ignorance. It must be embarrassing to be that ignorant. The only problem is most of them are too ignorant to know they are ignorant. These type of people are cowards. They are scared of anything that is different than they are. This also goes for bully types as well.