Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Race and Religion Stereotypes
Do you ever wonder why we human beings segregate people by race or religion? I think that human race is intelligent enough to know that the actions of a single person from a certain race or religion doesn't affect the actions of every person of that same race or religion.
The fact that people judge Muslims because of the actions of certain people is pretty ridiculous to me. Why is it that people get scared when they see a guy that looks Muslim on a plane? Why do we automatically get scared that we're going to get bombed? There was a shooting by a white male named James Holmes, outside of a movie theatre in Colorado. Why aren't we scared of white males outside movie theatres?
My point is we need to stop these stereotypes. We need to see human beings as single individuals. It's not fair for those born into that race or religion to be judged by it. Every person has different morals and we need to open up to them. We have created such a close minded world that we are reluctant of seeing outside of the box.
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I totally agree with stopping the stereotypes because it is sickening. I love that point you made a bout race and religion, just because
ReplyDeleteone person from the particular group did it doesn't mean that everybody in the particular groups did it.
I agree with both of you! This is such a hot topic right now. From the controversial shootings to religion. It takes place in Utah as a whole, cities, school, and organizations. It definitely needs to stop. Its sad to see all the stereotypes we put on each other because of fear and lack of knowledge.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, our society here in the US is very xenophobic. During these times of wars in the middle east, it is very easy to point out this point of view towards peoples from those areas.
ReplyDeleteI've heard people make claims about Muslims that are not only full of hatred, but are completely ignorant and bigoted. At my job, there are a couple gentlemen who are regulars to the shop and have strong opinions about that area of the world. They work for overseas military contractors, so they go to that region quite a bit. That being said, they show little tolerance towards those people, and in my opinion have inhumane and racist ideas.
From my point of view, belief systems like these are just stemmed from Fox News and other sources alike that never look at the other end of the spectrum.