I Am Only Prejudiced About One Group Of People
I am only prejudiced about one group of people. The people I feel prejudiced about are those who treat others with disrespect or cruelty.
I am not prejudiced about the gypsy children who have problems with settling down in a house. If I had spent the time travelling, then I am sure that I would not want to stay in the same place. If I was constantly treated with disrespect then I am sure I would speak harshly and have little time for the people who did this. And if people assumed that because I was a gypsy I was also dishonest and a thief, I would be very angry.
I am not prejudiced about the homeless kids. I am sure that if I had to travel a 50 mile round trip in the morning from my temporary accommodation to get to school, I would be tired and bad tempered. If I longed for a home of my own, one where I could have all my own things about me, and I was having to move three times a month, then I would be resentful of those who took such things for granted and still treated me like a second-class citizen. If I had so little money that I had to wear hand-me-downs, then I would probably look less fashionable than some, and if I had to lock myself in the toilet in a bed and breakfast and do my homework on the floor, then I would probably not do it so well as if I had my own desk in my own bedroom.
I am not prejudiced about the asylum seekers. I am sure that if I had watched my family members murdered by a dictatorial regime, if my mother had been raped in front of me, if I had been forced to smuggle my family aboard a truck and hide them for a three day journey so that they would be safe, then I had come to a country where nobody wanted me, I could not even work for a living and I saw my family go hungry, then I would almost certainly try to get hold of the basics of life that were denied me and I would not have much time for people living with all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life who looked down on us.
If I was only three feet tall, and everyone else was much taller than me, I am sure that I would get frustrated about never being able to reach counters in shop, being ignored when I asked someone to pass something down from a shelf, being treated like a child.
If I had learning difficulties, I would definitely be angry about people who were born brighter than me calling me 'moron' or 'idiot' because I would know how hard it was for me to understand the things they took for granted, how hard it was to be accepted, to be thought of as human at all, to get a job, to get somewhere to live, to have people think they could tell you what to do because they were brighter than you.
Yes there is one group of people whom I do feel prejudiced about. Those people who are not born with different lifestyles or disadvantages and somehow think that makes them better people. Those who assume their wealth, intelligence, good looks, good job are signs of their own superiority and have nothing to do with luck, good genes, their parents' hard work or other factors. Those who then go on to look at others who have not been blessed with such advantages and decide to compound the hurts of these unfortunates by being rude, vicious and unpleasant. Yes, indeed, I do feel vastly superior to these people. I, like most decent people, see these inequalities and feel a burning need to help, not to take advantage.
Yes, there is one group that I am really prejudiced against and that is a'holes.
I am not prejudiced about the gypsy children who have problems with settling down in a house. If I had spent the time travelling, then I am sure that I would not want to stay in the same place. If I was constantly treated with disrespect then I am sure I would speak harshly and have little time for the people who did this. And if people assumed that because I was a gypsy I was also dishonest and a thief, I would be very angry.
I am not prejudiced about the homeless kids. I am sure that if I had to travel a 50 mile round trip in the morning from my temporary accommodation to get to school, I would be tired and bad tempered. If I longed for a home of my own, one where I could have all my own things about me, and I was having to move three times a month, then I would be resentful of those who took such things for granted and still treated me like a second-class citizen. If I had so little money that I had to wear hand-me-downs, then I would probably look less fashionable than some, and if I had to lock myself in the toilet in a bed and breakfast and do my homework on the floor, then I would probably not do it so well as if I had my own desk in my own bedroom.
I am not prejudiced about the asylum seekers. I am sure that if I had watched my family members murdered by a dictatorial regime, if my mother had been raped in front of me, if I had been forced to smuggle my family aboard a truck and hide them for a three day journey so that they would be safe, then I had come to a country where nobody wanted me, I could not even work for a living and I saw my family go hungry, then I would almost certainly try to get hold of the basics of life that were denied me and I would not have much time for people living with all the necessities and many of the luxuries of life who looked down on us.
If I was only three feet tall, and everyone else was much taller than me, I am sure that I would get frustrated about never being able to reach counters in shop, being ignored when I asked someone to pass something down from a shelf, being treated like a child.
If I had learning difficulties, I would definitely be angry about people who were born brighter than me calling me 'moron' or 'idiot' because I would know how hard it was for me to understand the things they took for granted, how hard it was to be accepted, to be thought of as human at all, to get a job, to get somewhere to live, to have people think they could tell you what to do because they were brighter than you.
Yes there is one group of people whom I do feel prejudiced about. Those people who are not born with different lifestyles or disadvantages and somehow think that makes them better people. Those who assume their wealth, intelligence, good looks, good job are signs of their own superiority and have nothing to do with luck, good genes, their parents' hard work or other factors. Those who then go on to look at others who have not been blessed with such advantages and decide to compound the hurts of these unfortunates by being rude, vicious and unpleasant. Yes, indeed, I do feel vastly superior to these people. I, like most decent people, see these inequalities and feel a burning need to help, not to take advantage.
Yes, there is one group that I am really prejudiced against and that is a'holes.
By:
Ecolinda
Age:
70+
,
Female
