The reality is that prejudices just reflect the society we grew up in. For example, in the late 1800’s, the American Civil War was a civil war, not a war between two nations. In this age of social media, this was a difficult thing to keep up with. So, in this era of social media, the word “prejudice” became synonymous with the word “racism.
Racism is the belief that certain individuals are inherently inferior. As such, racism is a belief that certain groups of humans are inherently inferior to others groups. By using the words “prejudice” and “prejudiced,” we’ve turned white people into the “other.
A few years ago I told my colleague that it was a time before computers and networking were invented, and that I was still really into computers and networking. I said, “I’m really into a computer. I don’t have any interest in networking.” To which he said, “But I do have interest in networking.
In a perfect world, there would be no racism. In the real world, there are still racist people, and the internet can be a very good tool for eliminating that. It’s not as easy as calling it a time loop or going around saying, “Im racist”. But with the internet, you can send a message, a post, an email, or a tweet to someone who has an aversion towards someone, and it can be sorted out in a matter of hours.
We don’t think of ourselves as prejudiced, but it is important to recognize the ways in which we are prejudiced. That doesn’t mean we hate people who don’t look like us, or that we don’t respect people who do look like us. But at the same time, we need to recognize that being prejudiced doesn’t mean we like the opinions of those who don’t look like us.
The fact is that being prejudiced does not mean you hate people who dont look like you. In fact, you may find these people interesting, and wish they could be at some point in your life. But once you get past the prejudice, you may realize there is no prejudice in our world.
The internet has done a lot of excellent research on the concept called prejudice. And the study it has done on the topic is pretty extensive. But just because you can’t find prejudice in your own life does not mean you are alone in feeling it. And the more research you do into this, the more you’ll find that those who think they are alone, are actually not.
For example, we have a guy named David, who is a blogger. He blogs about the things that he really believes, and the things that he doesn’t. He thinks his views are pretty stupid, but he makes a living. Many bloggers and writers are also extremely opinionated. They are usually the ones who are most likely to want to go on the internet to express their views. He blogs about the things he thinks are dumb, but that are dumb too.
David was a bit of a jerk, but he is a jerk who thinks pretty stupid. He is a “lone wolf” who has no friends, who doesn’t know how to navigate social media, who doesn’t know how to interact online. However, he is also not averse to taking a few swings at the “other” blog owner.
I know that most people don’t think about these things when they are talking about the things they do. In fact, I think most people are probably obsessed with the things they do, and that they are more likely to take a swing at the other blogger because they think the other person is more inclined to take them seriously.
