Prejudice Us
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:45 PM
Here's the most obvious tip ever: being prejudice isn't right.
I've always ranted about how I hate it when people are prejudice, like how because I'm Asian, I should totally be the one whose paper should be copied of off, and everyone assumes I'm some big nerd. Two things - okay, I guess that's kinda stereotyping too, and I actually am a big nerd most of the time. But not all the time! I hope. But anyways, I always have said how much I hate it when people do that, but seriously, I do that all the time. And to be honest, you do, too. It's human nature, obviously.
People being prejudice towards me:
Everyone basically make fun of Asians. Even Asians make fun of Asians. So I'm pretty sure I've been called a nerd or something behind my back. Even some people I know totally act all prejudice towards my nationality and language, and they totally have it all wrong. I use totally a lot.
Oh, and the Prop 8 rally. HAHA. Wow. People were "totally" leaning out of their car and stopping in the middle of the road just to tell us how "beeping beeping stupid our beeping opinion beeping was because we're beeping discrimination beeping violent beeping Asians beeping supporters of beeping Prop beeping 8". Of course I'm not quoting them exactly, but the swearing at us and leaning out of their car and everything else is true. They didn't take any time to understand and sit down to listen to what our opinion was. Sure, they didn't like how we don't support homosexual marriage, but that's our opinion, and we respect theirs, just like how they should respect our opinion. They called us violent, when all we did is smile at them and cheer and walk around the streets. We never swore at them back, at least, we weren't supposed to.
Of course, I've been prejudice towards others too:
A few years ago, my mom met this guy, and they became...close. (BTW, she's not having an affair because my dad's gone) I was really insecure back then, because I was extremely close to my mom, and if you've gone through what I have years back, you would have probably at least understood what my feelings were. I was hurt, angry, upset, and seriously depressed. Just imagine your best friend in the whole wide world - your best friend, someone who you can tell anyone to that has been by your side your whole entire life - and then him/her leaving you for someone else. My mom obviously didn't leave me, but that's what I felt like. I cried and yelled at her and even yelled at her...close friend. He yelled at me back, telling me it wasn't my business, which made me even more angry. I read in books dealing with this kind of stuff about girls who also went through this, and in the end, they said that they bonded with him/her. I was so angry I thought I could never be close to my mom's...close friend.
Now a few years later, I know a lot about him. He spoils us. I'm not close enough to like, hug him or anything, because it's awkward, but I'm defiently a lot closer to him than before. I totally pre-judged him. He wasn't as bad and horrible as I thought. He's actually really rich, haha, and like I said, he spoils me, my mom, and sister. I got the 3rd generation iPod Nano for Christmas back when it was new, and a Macbook. To be honest, if I ask for something, he'll give me it. He's different from my dad, probably spoils me more than my dad did, and is a heck of a lot richer. Of course I would never love him more than my dad, but he is a really cool guy. His life story is interesting. He's worked with the FBI and some top US political people because of his law suit against a country. I would say more, but I can't.
That's not the only time I've judged someone without getting to know them. Oh, I've done it billions of times, and each time I feel guiltier and guiltier, because I bet they're totally great people, and if not, they're probably just not the kind of people that I like. I'm sure they're loved by others. And I'm even more pretty darn sure people judge me without getting to know me, and I wouldn't like that, so why would I judge others? I'm not saying I'll never do it again - of course I'll do it again, but probably without thinking, or I'm just acting like a stupid hypocrite again.