Prejudice

Of course, when I need to come up with an example, my mind goes blank.  I  know I have seen instances where someone has been prejudice against someone because of their color or background, such as Asians or the elderly driving.  I have been with people who constantly mention someone's race or ethnicity when they are telling a story, and it makes me wonder why they had to mention it, because it had nothing to do with the story.

In all these instances, equity was diminished when a situation was based off someone's race rather than just that specific person.  I have caught myself in the past judging someone's actions based off their ethnicity or age.  I am more aware of myself doing that now, especially since I have had my son, so that he doesn't get into those same "habits" of judging.  Now, whenever I hear someone mentioning someone's race or ethnicity when telling a story, instead of listening to the story, I wonder why the person's background was even important, and depending on the person, I will ask them that.

I think in order to turn incidents of this type around into an opportunity of greater equity, first we need to educate that race or ethnicity doesn't matter, and to ask people to try and really get to know somebody before judging, or to watch what they say when they are telling about an things that have happened or that they have seen.