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Prejudice Is Subliminal and Subtle

Prejudice is subliminal. We all have it, even those of us who think we do not. Let’s say…. Carl is humiliated and embarrassed in a bedroom with yellow flowers. From now until he reworks the script, all bedrooms with yellow flowers are the enemy. We loathe yellow flowers his brain tells him, not knowing why. He never gives a yellow flower a chance. Each time he thinks he hates one, he programs his brain to agree. He never gives a yellow flower a chance. Prejudice is subtle. We all have it, even those of us who think we do not. Let’s say…. Kathy is bullied by a girl with freckles, who makes her feel horrible for six school years. From now until she reworks the script, all people who have freckles are the enemy. We hate people with freckles! Kathy’s brain tells her, she does not even know why. But she never gives a freckled person a chance. Every time she says to herself, I hate people with freckles she reinforces her cell memory. Prejudice is subliminal and subtle. If we can figure out who wronged us or where we were wronged And rework the script, we might be able to eliminate it.

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Date: 6/17/2020 4:37:00 PM
Very apt for today with what is going on and us facing who we truly are,or have been conditioned I to ,I was lucky to be brought up a little different and accepting of all things I love this thank you ??
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/17/2020 5:56:00 PM
You are ever so welcome.
Date: 6/17/2020 6:12:00 AM
You think so...I question why a human being would suppress someone, hurt and kill them...the reasons may be many... at the end of it all, it's savage... it doesn't appear we've past that stage as yet... I like how you expressed it here...
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/17/2020 5:57:00 PM
Thank you Arturo. I used to HATE it when female teachers let boys shout out but always got ANGRY when I shouted out because I was a girl. Weirdly enough I found myself doing the EXACT SAME THING as a teacher. I was horrified when I figured it out.
Date: 6/16/2020 11:18:00 PM
Intellectually, we can rethink prejudice. Emotionally, that's a different story. It gets in our bones. It's really a subtle form of psychological conditioning, after all... Perhaps we can say that the person who is not prejudiced is the person with no experience --- and that's why little kids are (normally) not prejudiced at all!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 6/17/2020 5:59:00 PM
Makes sense in every way GW

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