How should we deal with those who say or do things that can be perceived as prejudiced? Do we let that person know? Do we let it go? What if it's an ongoing situation with someone whom you are forced to interact with almost every day?
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Pictured: "Blue Congealed
Wobbling Blob of Copyright",
Abi Paramaguru
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I like to avoid issues that deal with racial prejudices. It's not that I'm
in denial or anything like that. It's that I'd like to move on from the whole
situation of being “oppressed.” I don't like being reminded that my ethnicity
or race limits me because of what others think about it. I could waste my whole
life wallowing in the injustice of it. I think if I can live the life that I'm
striving for that that will send a stronger message than focusing on what's
wrong, what could be better. I'm trying to live better, and I think that I
should be living for God and me, not somebody who's trying to keep me down.
Then there are the situations where it's not that the person is actively
trying to keep me down, but his or her ignorance is nevertheless doing that.
This is very difficult to deal with, when a person's intentions are not lined
up with the actions the person makes. In fact, these very people may be only
trying to help, but their underlying beliefs and values are doing the opposite
of what they meant.
