Stop your stereotyping!!!

Day 22 - It's time to rant about something...to get up on my soapbox and tell you how I really feel! 

Oh man. This could get REAL heavy REAL quick.

I tend to be passionate about a lot of different things. I think it may be one of my defining characteristics...a blessing as well as a curse.

I had a really hard time deciding what to write about. There are a lot of topics that I would love to go on a rant about....but my fear is that without having a discussion face to face, and instead using TEXT, that important things will get misconstrued. Sooooo picking a topic was tricky.

Anyway, what I finally chose to rant about is STEREOTYPING.

I know that I have been guilty of stereotyping people and I try to work on it, but I have seen WAY too many people who are just outrageous about it.  

It's wrong to make assumptions about others based on their skin color, religious beliefs, clothing, social status, etc. It doesn't matter what the majority are or what statistics show...we are individuals!

It infuriates me to see someone judge a homeless person. We have no idea what their story is or why they're homeless. I've heard so many naive comments about all homeless people being alcoholic deadbeats. This is not the truth for EVERY homeless person.  How can anyone be so arrogant that they would speak for an entire group of people without knowing anything about them, individually?

Or if I have to witness a Hispanic person working or driving or doing something else where they're doing nothing but minding their own business...and then hear someone talk about how "they're not even a citizen of this country." I'm gonna flip. my. lid. FOR REAL.  It is truly insane to think that anyone can know if someone is a citizen of this country JUST by looking at them.

Comments like these BAFFLE me.

Yes, I understand that stereotypes are what they are for a reason...because it (maybe) applies to the majority...or DID at one time.

I just don't care about that.

We are individuals. Everyone deserves the chance to be free from any preconceived notions about them simply because a group of people like them has been labeled.

It's not right. It's not helpful. It's a waste of time and energy.

Get to know someone instead of automatically labeling them.

WELLLLL, I'm glad I got that off my chest.

Be well, friends. :)

- Brit