My Process of information presented on June 17th class
The zig zag of biases-->Stereotypes-->Prejudices--> and Discrimination shed more light on some of my behaviors, and enlightened me to be more careful and more conscious of my actions.
Some of the reactions to the micro aggressions can differ from person to person, based on the genetic endowment; the non shared experiences and the unequal childhoods of the individuals.
All of the arguments since time, and now, like one race is better than the other of course the best race is the "white" and that blacks were treated the worst, are based on a false understanding of race. We know that the contemporary scientists are not agreeing on whether race is a valid way to classify people.
What may seem to be significant "racial" differences to some people - skin color, hair, facial shape - are not of much scientific significance. In fact, genetic differences within a so-called race may be greater than those between races. I do not think that those differences that most deeply affect us in our day to day actions and dealings with each other has any connection to being biologically determined. Knowing this from my life experience and my readings, I question myself as to why do I act in certain ways that may be I am inactively participating in biases, and stereotypes prejudices and discrimination? How can I change more?
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