Monday, October 6, 2008

Stereotyping

I really enjoyed the conversation about stereotyping and how EVERYONE
does it. Lets face it, as humans we like to shorten and classify
EVERYTHING into specific categories. It makes our lives easier.
There's even a multi-billion dollar industry dedicated to making
categories (databases). I especially agree with the notion that
everyone is racist, sexist, or prejudice, and it is just a matter of
how much they choose to show. In essence, we're all bias, it is just
a matter of our degree of prejudice. I have been thinking the exact
same notion for such a long time now. For example, if a person were to
walk into the same room as you, the first the you would notice would
be their physical features. Their skin tone, hair color, shape, all
of which would be categorized immediately: white, blonde, skinny.

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