Klarinet Archive - Posting 000116.txt from 2005/06

From: "DWH" <dwh46@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Personal prejudice
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 09:15:02 -0400

> But I sometimes feel that being righteous about condemning what we see
> initially as a prejudice can amount to a prejudice itself. That's because
> prejudice amounts to generalisation plus condemnation -- and we are all
> subject to that to some degree, because we're built to have tribal
> instincts
> that divide the world into 'us' and 'them'. For me it comes down to what
> we
> do about our (and their) prejudices.
>
> I'd say that what we want to do is to find out more about the particular
> situation.
>
> Later...
>
> Tony

This is a big subject. Perhaps then this favorite quote (of mine, at least)
is appropriate to the discussion -
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really
rearranging their prejudices." - Edward R. Murrow

Enjoy Spain, Tony.

Don Hatfield

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