Absolutely-it's like a mantra. I am certainly guilty of it. I like to think of myself as above being prejudiced, but I am very prejudiced against those I considered 'redneck.' I think of wife beater t-shirts, confederate flags, mullets, 3rd grade education, and every negative stereotype I can muster up. I need to work on that!!
I believe that everyone uses a certain amount of prejudice language without even realizing it. One example I can think of that is often used that may offend people is the phrase, "that is so gay" or "your gay." Though not realizing this while saying it, if you think about it, you may be offending people around you that are actually gay and overhear you use these phrases. This is just one of the many that people use subconsciously without realizing how damaging it could be to others feelings.
Language can be used very effective as a source of prejudice.people put nick names to people mostly based on prejudice against some feature of the person. everybody can be prejudice against anybody, for example in Spain South American people is calling "sudacas". this is word that Spanish people used during South Americans Spanish colonization making reference to people from south america. sometimes i find myself using prejudice words against different cultures or beliefs.
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Absolutely-it's like a mantra. I am certainly guilty of it. I like to think of myself as above being prejudiced, but I am very prejudiced against those I considered 'redneck.' I think of wife beater t-shirts, confederate flags, mullets, 3rd grade education, and every negative stereotype I can muster up.
I need to work on that!!
I believe that everyone uses a certain amount of prejudice language without even realizing it. One example I can think of that is often used that may offend people is the phrase, "that is so gay" or "your gay." Though not realizing this while saying it, if you think about it, you may be offending people around you that are actually gay and overhear you use these phrases. This is just one of the many that people use subconsciously without realizing how damaging it could be to others feelings.
Language can be used very effective as a source of prejudice.people put nick names to people mostly based on prejudice against some feature of the person. everybody can be prejudice against anybody, for example in Spain South American people is calling "sudacas". this is word that Spanish people used during South Americans Spanish colonization making reference to people from south america. sometimes i find myself using prejudice words against different cultures or beliefs.
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