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What's wrong with prejudice?
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Provided there is no discrimination or incitement to racial hatred etc, is it so wrong to have a pre-conceived
opinion that is not borne out by fact. When I used to travel extensively I came across so many opinions and attitudes where for example Asian people thought themselves superior to Africans, Japanese superior to Chinese, the educated above the uneducated, prosperous above the poor. If I tried to explain that we are all human and of equal value, the response was usually along the lines of "the man with 3 cows is superior to the one with none" or "my god is more important than your god".
opinion that is not borne out by fact. When I used to travel extensively I came across so many opinions and attitudes where for example Asian people thought themselves superior to Africans, Japanese superior to Chinese, the educated above the uneducated, prosperous above the poor. If I tried to explain that we are all human and of equal value, the response was usually along the lines of "the man with 3 cows is superior to the one with none" or "my god is more important than your god".
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I'm not sure that I understand the question, but what predjudice is as you say reinforce a stereotype that one type of person is better than another.
If you take your cow question a man with 3 cows may be superior than a man with one, but this cannot be proved because he has more cows. The assumption that he is, is all thats wrong with predjudice. The no cow man may be in every way superior.
Then there is the the fact that this assumption is then used to to "reward" 3 cow man when he may be entirely undeserving of reward.
You cannot make any assumption about anyone based on a stereotype.
Nature has been quiet fair in this respect nice people come in all colours, religions, creeds, shapes, sizes and intellects. Unfortunateley so do a$"eholes
If you take your cow question a man with 3 cows may be superior than a man with one, but this cannot be proved because he has more cows. The assumption that he is, is all thats wrong with predjudice. The no cow man may be in every way superior.
Then there is the the fact that this assumption is then used to to "reward" 3 cow man when he may be entirely undeserving of reward.
You cannot make any assumption about anyone based on a stereotype.
Nature has been quiet fair in this respect nice people come in all colours, religions, creeds, shapes, sizes and intellects. Unfortunateley so do a$"eholes
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