Prejudice- REFLECTION 14

The fact that Jim Cole wanted to look at prejudice differently from the normal way people evaluate other things such as rape automatically caught my attention. His intentions were to look at the people who are acting upon their prejudicial dysfunctions rather than those who are victimized by their actions. He spoke truth in saying that we learn many of our prejudices as children by simple stereotypes that are learned in the home. With these learned stereotypes the children row into adults making decisions and plans based on the stereotypes they grew up on. In the article Beliefs, Values and Attitudes, prejudice is described as the most problematic of all negative attitudes. The article provides a good description of each of the negative behaviors that are involved in prejudice. These behaviors are sometimes so etched within us that we do not even notice when they are being displayed. The article provides good information about prejudice. The author made a statement that fear is the most responsible element in prejudice and the behaviors that are associated with it. The author also points out human beings connection and relation to familiarity. Humans like things that are familiar so they automatically associate things that are familiar to be good. On the other hand, humans dislike and have an outward negative disposition about things that aren’t familiar. Those things which ar different aren’t good and they definitely aren’t accepted too well amongst people. This is evident even in babies. For instance, I live in Miami and my sister has a little girl named Alyssa who is a twin to her brother Nathan. I see them all of the time and so the know me and know my face. My niece who doesn’t live here came from Tallahassee from school during her Spring Break and came with me to my sister’s house to see the twins. Alyssa didn’t even want to come to me because my niece was in the room, but as soon as my niece left Alyssa flew into my arms. I thought it was weird at first but then I understood that Alyssa didn’t know who my niece was even though we were all family. I doubt that Alyssa’s behavior can be considered prejudice since she is a baby. The fact of the matter is that even babies, when in the face of something that is different to them, tend to think that difference is not a good thing and won’t have anything to do with it.
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