other cultures, other races, gender differences/biases, poor/rich gap, those who are uneducated, those who mentally or physically handicapped, sexual orientation differing from yours, being fat or thin? I am not looking for you to educate me. i just want to engender a discourse that will enlighten. Raised as a black female and parenting a child with special needs in North America has enlightened and uplifted me.
2006-07-26 11:55:29 · 7 answers · asked by moved 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Well, it wasn't too difficult for me. My mother is Black/mulatto Trinidadian, my dad is white and English. I lived in Thailand (which was much poorer then than it is now) for four years and went to an international school where the kids were from every corner of the world. I then moved back to England with a strange accent and was thus treated like a foreigner. My parents are quite wealthy, but most of my family on both sides are very poor. In London, I lived (and still live) in a very racially mixed area.
Because of this background, it would actually take a conscious effort for me to be prejudiced. I do judge people, but I judge them on an individual basis, and I don't ever make any assumptions about them. This is partly a reaction to people making incorrect assumptions about me, and partly just something that comes naturally due to my background.
2006-07-26 12:06:15 · answer #1 · answered by Entwined 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as long as i can remember, i have always had an open mind and heart. i embrace people (not literally) in most all circumstances. i have friends and acquaintances in nearly all levels of culture. meaning: race, genders, poor/rich, and all that you mention. now i truly believe it has to come within, because i have siblings who do not share my thoughts/feelings towards others. a parent can teach a child only so much, then it is up to the child to decide their own likes and dislikes, no matter how right or wrong they may be. as the saying goes: "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU"!
2006-07-26 12:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by thesebootsaremadeforwalkin' 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one friend who has an autistic brother, 2 good friends with ADHD and a friend whose family is from Sri Lanka so I've learned about it with friends, and that makes it a lot easier to accept and understand. Plus I never really gave it second thought, just treat others the way you want to be treated.
2006-07-26 12:05:00 · answer #3 · answered by Laura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as you did -- through experience.
Fear (which is what racism and other predjudices really are) is almost always based on ignorance...people fear (and hate) what they don't know. Small minds in small towns with small ambitions helps foster fear of anything different that what one knows -- only by getting out and seeing the big, wonderful world with all its wonderful diversity can open one's eyes to knowledge, which more often than not brings less fear and more tolerance and acceptance.
2006-07-26 12:10:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other cultrues and races, I just accept them. But the undereducated, I can't tolertate very well. It bugs me that they
were allowed to be under educated, in the first place, by their parents. I don't hate black women, but I would never marry one. Believe me, in my case, it has nothing to do with race or color.
You could be green, for all I care, and it wouldn't bother me.
2006-07-26 12:01:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is a touch short, no? merely putting forward. You spelled each and every thing properly even if and used perfect grammar... so i ought to assert your artwork the following is done. even if, college sucks, and no instructor will ever make that regulate. =P
2016-11-26 01:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not Rocket Science. You treat people as you wish to be treated!
2006-07-26 11:59:38 · answer #7 · answered by kitkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋