I have to admit something. I have a bad habit of seeing peoples outer appearance and then judging them but to be honest I know I am not the only one who does this. Say if you see someone that's in the same place as you but they look out of place (I'm not talking about race, I'm talking about clothing attire) and you immediately start to judge them. I do that a lot and the main place that I do it, is on the public bus going home from school. I don't say extremely negative things, I just start making random assumptions.
I'm sitting on the bus and I see a male or female get on the bus wearing business attire or looking "fancy" as some may say. In my head I say things like "where is your Jaguar or BMW?" Hateful right? Well this happens to me so often that sometimes I don't even notice when I do it. I automatically label those people with a lot of money and jewelry and big houses.
I never take in to account that maybe that man is traveling back and forth from New York making close to nothing only able to afford that suit to try an impress his boss everyday and try to keep his head above water. Or maybe that woman is a single mother, raising two kids, and can't afford a car let alone her own house but lives in an apartment and only has the suit that she has because it was given to her as a Christmas gift. Or Maybe even they both lost their jobs recently and is going out everyday on the bus so they don't have to spend the little money they have on gas.
If my mind was programmed to think this way quicker, I truly believe I would be a better person. That goes for people out there in the world like me as well. It only takes 7 seconds to pass judgement on a person the first time you see them. If people would just step back and take a deeper look at the people they are passing judgement on, they will realise that they are wrong. I know I realize that I am/was wrong. But I've made this discovery of myself and I am turning over a new leaf. When I see someone wearing business attire or even a long gown on the bus, I won't start assuming, I'll remember this blog and step back and just look for the truth.
Briana, this is really insightful. It's a great start, but i feel like its a little confusing, and seems like you had a little trouble explaining what you were trying to say. I suggest trying to plan out your ideas first, and to try different aproaches of explaining each, and then elaborating on them. I really love the example of the business attire, but i wish you would have given more good examples instead of one great one; the more the merrier! :) Also, i think you should explain how you think other people judge others (even though you kind of cant know what they are thinking). Another interesting thing to do would be to talk about how you thing other people judge YOU and how that effects you. And to conclude, you should explain a bit about what this says about our culture and our society. Other than that, great job!
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