Title: 7 Common Prejudices – Are They Holding You Back in Life?
Headings: 7 Common Prejudices – Are They Holding You Back in Life?
7 Common Prejudices – Are They Holding You Back in Life?
Here are 7 pretty common prejudices that we humans tend to hold.
1. Belief in Limitations
2. Older People Have Nothing to Teach Us
3. Scapegoating
4. Sexism
5. The Belief that Other Cultures are Inferior
6. Condemnation of Different Lifestyles
7. Judging by Appearances
So what do these common prejudices mean for us?
Valerie Soleil, B.A., LL.B.
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Content: They can come from early childhood forward and we acquire them from our parents, teachers, and peers. We put ourselves in boxes with a stereotypical image of ourselves based on our backgrounds and our upbringing. Thus, a high school student doesn’t consider going to college because his/her friends or family members say it really is a waste of time for people like them. They will not be able to “hack” it and will only fail. Rather, the life these kids see for themselves is to get a job, maybe marry, and settle in for the same lives that their parents have and that their friends will have. What they don’t realize is that with extra effort in school, by finding a mentor who will support and encourage them, stop producing negative emotions in themselves and taking initiative, they can get out of their boxes. 2. Older People Have Nothing to Teach Us
Older generations often suffer the prejudice of younger generations. In the workplace, especially, there is a belief that the older, upper management and executive types should just retire and make way for younger generations who are more “current” in the way the world works. The problem with this kind of thinking is that the years of experience that older generations have is invaluable, and there is much to learn from them.