Are we taught to judge?

Question

I often wonder why people have to consistantly be judgemental of each others religeon,colour and nationality. Why can we not learn to judge after we have met on likes and dislikes about the personality of the person. We are trained from an early time to be judgemental this actually segregates us do you not think and prevents us from getting to know one another for who we are?

Answer 1

It's old tribal behaviour.

You said a mouthful. Hear hear!

Answer 2

Being judgemental is part of our human makeup. We make assumptions about everything, we have to or we would have to live in a bubble.
Think about when you wake up in the morning. Do you check to see that the floor is there before you put your feet down? No you don't. You have made an assumption/judgement based upon information that you have previously received about the floors existence.

Answer 3

Judgementalism is an aquired art form which Is why some people are good judges and others are bad judges, this can be applied to anything including character.

Answer 4

For us to feel like we are coping we need to know we are right. Fear makes us judge, the fear of being wrong so we dismiss other ideals, we are not bad people we just have to be right, all of us in our own different special way, I believe if u set out in life not to hurt anyone and try and help people where u can u will be allright and WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE, dont look down on people that judge feel sorry for them

Answer 5

Yes we are taught to judge, its put in our brains at a young age , we hear things from people and we remember it some people very few can get over some of it but not all of it if they want to admit it or not,

Answer 6

I was brought up to judge, my father was such a bigot and passed his insecurities onto to us, we were not allowed to speak to the Indian people who lived at one side of us or the Jamaican that lived round the back and if you even said you wanted to go play with the Irish kids up the road then god help you, we were supposed to hate all Germans because of the war, my moms parents were Italian and he even disliked them and we had to go to their house as he wouldn't allow foreigners in ours, sad, sad bigoted man, thankfully we did as we wanted when he was at work and very thankfully he never found out, I was glad when I was old enough to make my own choices about everyone, I treat anyone I meet regardless of colour or creed with the same respect they give me, no one is beneath me and no one is above me regardless of who they are, its easy to judge but harder to make amends once you've offended them because of who they are.

Answer 7

Just one simple reason, you intend to judge people by their religion, color and nationalities instead of by their personalities, because those are much easier for you to know without getting along with them for a period.

Answer 8

Judging somebody is a survival instinct. Only the simple or very naive don't have this defence mechanism

Answer 9

Yes I think we are , we are very competitive therefore we size up the competition then start judging !

Answer 10

in psychology,the books teach us that prejudice is a basic self protection animal instinct and comes naturally. It is coexistence with people who are different from you that show your evolution and development