I remember applying the theory of "act confident and you will become moreso". I think it worked a bit, but remember the person I was back when I was 16 is still a part of me now.
The "identifying with an ingroup", and specifically "hating on the other outgroups", is something that you grow out of. The intelligent mature people do anyway... there will always be some who won't, regardless of time.
Prejudice occurs with nearly everyone, nearly all the time. The difference is between whether those thoughts are internal or whether you act on them publicly. Respect, man.
A conversation consisting of two deep-thinking individuals is almost always refreshing :)
I near guarantee that the conversation you just had with that 17 year old would never have happened if not for the internet. Go internet. I am addicted to you so!
Ehh, Cavs social psychology textbook indicates to me that it isn't really something people grow out of. They likely just get more sophisticated about it. I think its just very marked for teens, also a fucktonne of prejudice is unconscious bias. We don't have a lot of control over it!
N'yeah, being aware of your biases, knowing it's not an awesome thing to act on and not being public about it is important. I think public recognition that y'have biases is important too, so many people like to pretend their perfect or "colour blind" (Insert other blindness types) and that ends up perpetuating the effects of privilege.
The internet is right awesome. I'm a total addict!
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Asian=emo? Really? I am always really surprised when I see an asian emo in the city, but apparently indonesia's youth is 80% emo.
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One of my omegle openings is "Custard is better than everything. Discuss."
When uni was on I'd feed them essay prompt questions too.
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The "identifying with an ingroup", and specifically "hating on the other outgroups", is something that you grow out of. The intelligent mature people do anyway... there will always be some who won't, regardless of time.
Prejudice occurs with nearly everyone, nearly all the time. The difference is between whether those thoughts are internal or whether you act on them publicly. Respect, man.
A conversation consisting of two deep-thinking individuals is almost always refreshing :)
I near guarantee that the conversation you just had with that 17 year old would never have happened if not for the internet. Go internet. I am addicted to you so!
~ Kylie
...addicted...
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N'yeah, being aware of your biases, knowing it's not an awesome thing to act on and not being public about it is important. I think public recognition that y'have biases is important too, so many people like to pretend their perfect or "colour blind" (Insert other blindness types) and that ends up perpetuating the effects of privilege.
The internet is right awesome. I'm a total addict!
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