Sunday, February 8, 2009

"Not unless he's as crazy as he looks." Judgement in the Merriam Webster Dictionary is cited as "a decision or opinion given after judging". We make judgements every day good and bad . We judge people, places, and things on the way they look, smell, feel, or hear. When we see someone wearing all black we think, "oh they are emo". When we see a neighborhood with bars on the windows we automatically think it is "ghetto". It is impossible to not make quick conclusions, although we all know the saying that, "to assume you make an ass out of you and me".  How could we not assume? We grow up around stereotypes and prejudices that are very difficult to break. For example, a common stereotype is that Jewish people are stingy. Obviously not every single person that follow the Jewish faith is stingy, but that is the stereotype. I don't know if I am stingy or not but I know that Jews have contributed to the community many times before. This is not only true about this Jewish stereotype, but also with all races and religions. DON'T ASSUME! (Or at least try not to.)

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