Are you ever prejudiced based on the color of someones skin or their race??

just curious. i love this show Without Prejudice and i was just like wow okay a question! so if you see a black person do you make any judgments based SOLELY on the fact that they're black? white ppl? and so on...or if you meet a black, asian, or hispanic person do you judge them based on whether or not they are dark/light skinned with ethnic/non ethnic features??





personally i think people who do this are extremely ignorant but you know thats just me. maybe because ive been exposed to diverse environments and different cultures its never been second nature to judge based on skin tone. i choose to judge based on character and behavior. im black too so i wouldnt want anyone judging me like that even though im sure they do.

Are you ever prejudiced based on the color of someones skin or their race??
no not at all


It is true that when you look at a person you notice the color of their skin just as plainly as you notice the color of their hair or the color of the shirt their wearing, that shouldn't mean anything.


I'm more of a first impression kind of guy. as long as you don't come off as an a**hole I'll spend a little more time getting to know ya.
Reply:never
Reply:at times, yes, because of my personal experinces with people


of different races and cultures.
Reply:No, I don't think so. But there are occasions when that person has done something and I've said to myself, "Figures, they're ___."
Reply:Everyone has prejusdices-it is human nature. It is when we put that into action and we discriminate that is wrong. It is up to us to catch our own predjuices and keep an open mind. Of course there are people who do not want to believe their idea of a race or religion is wrong because that would mean they have to admit they are wrong, but bascially Humans are made to have prejudices-it is a survivial instinc that we have to overcome.
Reply:no i don't..i agree with you..people who do that are very ignorant..and obviously not well educated...but i think there are always going to be some people out there who are always going to be racist..even though our society has gotten a little better over the years..its still pretty bad i would say..which i think it pretty sad. =/


~daisy
Reply:people assume i am white and make stupid racist/ethnic comments to me all the time. oddly enough i also pass for latin in most latin communities and i speak spanish but they never talk the smack anglos do. i think anglo assumed superiority makes up a large part of it -- they think they are better because of their skin color so they say messed up junk to try to support and reinforce their lame beliefs.





i guess that really doesn't answer your question -- just thought i would interject some personal observation. fyi i am slov/manouche mix and think most people are stupid no matter what color they are -- the older i get the more i realize the world was always trying to put me down for just about anything to put themselves up. lesson learned.





ugh i just read where "everyone has prejudices" -- what a sad reflection on our education system. everyone should be discerning -- you don't date a career felon unless that is what makes you hot. nobody has to be prejudiced.
Reply:I find the older the person is, the more they will prejudge someone without knowing them.





I hope that as time goes by, the more this will go away. They learned their ways when they were younger when they lived in a different world-- but things have changed.
Reply:Riddle me this. If you were at an ATM late at night -- and someone came up right behind you. Would you rather have it be a 19 year old black male wearing a bandana or a 10 year old girl in a girl scout uniform.





Be honest. Are you really going to react the same way, given the fact that you know absolutely nothing about either one of them?





Also, if the woman at the ATM pulled her purse in and worriedly scuttled out of there...would you say she is racist or prejudiced? Someone who is behaving irrationally?





I don't think people really get this. Sure, being a black male age 19 doesn't automatically make you a robber. However, what if I told you now that most -robbers- happen to be black males that are age 19? Does that make the woman's actions any more justifiable?





I don't know if any of this is true necessarily--about black males age 19 and robbery -- this is just a hypothetical I created. you can substitute other groups and activities in different situations.





For example, most muslims in the US are not terrorists. But most terrorists in the US are muslims. If we are to combat terrorism, should we -completely ignore- the profile of what a terrorist is, and investigate the 80 year old lady from Arizona with the same vigor as the middle aged Arab in a full Islamic garb? If we only have the resources to randomly screen 1 in every 1000 passengers; should we really hit all of the races equally? Or would it be more prudent to focus on the ones that best fit the profile of a terrorist?





If the police have a report that a suspect is a Mexican male, and they have set up a roadblock, do they really need to bother questioning the truck full of Jamaicans?





Just some thoughts from the mind. Not meant to pick on any particular group, but to stimulate discussion.