Why do we put people down who are diffrent than us?

Sister....this is what makes us strong. Not in those who put us down...but in our understanding that they are works yet incomplete and many a fiery trial must they yet endure to see the light of a better path. The path that tells us "An It Harm None ... Do What Thy Will" Blessed Be

i havent seen such cases in schools where r u from can i know pls

I think to alot of people the unknown is scary, especially with kids, I think kids want to be excepted, so sometimes they pick on others to draw attention away from themselves, it is mean and should not be done, but they do it alot, I even see grown ups doing it and they should know better and try to set examples for younger ones.

I think it is learned behaviour. When children are small they do not see any differences in their playmates whether they are black, white, Chinese Mexican or other. However at home and from other children who have been radicalized they hear and see bad behaviour and acquire prejudices. If you teach a child that all people are equal and all religions should be respected they will grow up to be much more tolerant. Adults often are fearful and insecure. Sometimes they believe and repeat stereotypes that certain people are lazy, dishonest, moneygrubbing et. etc. Most people feel just comfortable with their own kind and have no interest to learn anything about others. So in their ignorance they have to put down all those who are different. Sometimes their religious leaders foster this and encourage them not to socialize with anyone that is different.

I think it has to do with fear of the unknown. People don't know about something or something is different and different can feel threatening so people try to supress the people that are different out of fear.

unfortunate it's not just something in schools, it's the state of the whole world. Wars are fought because people cannot accept differences

this is a hard thing to shed light on because different people make fun of different things for different reasons..And some see others doing and to be with the gang they also do it and it keeps adding and adding i was picked on when i was younger in school and if you didn't do anything about it it just get worse and alot of people don't want to deal with it and let things go if they would either tell someone or try to deal with it themselves then people would see they won't take it and leave them alone or not depends on the person...I dont have a problem with others and their different religions but others think anything different than what they are doing is wrong.. My brother in law won't let my husbands niece go to my mothers church because they speak in tongues ocassionally and makes an awful fit about it slandering but it states in the bible that they spoke in tongues ..but to answer your question ..they do this because they are ignorant of certain things..

I think it is because we don't understand them. Things that are different forces us to think about that difference and I think that scares some people. In my high school, some people were looked down on because we didn't have the money they did. Its almost like the fear of the unknown. They don't want to spend time to get to know others because they are afraid that they actually like someone who is completely different then they are.

Obviously a flaw in the bullies makeup.. I mean if you can only feel better about yourself in some perverse way, by downing others who are around you...I mean that is really screwed up when you think about it. They can't seem to "get" that they need to focus inward and work on improving who they, themselves are, rather than trying to shoot down all those around them.

Yeah i thing it´s a human fact... Dont find any awnser better than this one... Everyone of us someplace somewhere do the same thing...

I'm sorry I can not shed any light on this for you. It saddens me too how people are treated differently due to appearance and even religion. I have felt both because I am Wiccan and I have blue or purple hair at times. But when a person gets to know me, they realize I am not what they judged me to be. If fact, the blue or purple hair even solidifies my personality. I have even lost friendships do to beliefs/religion. But it does not make me want to change. In fact, it makes me less judgmental. I have become more tolerant of others because I know they just lack understanding. There are times some my be receptive to knowledge and other times some are not. With those who choose to not see what is different and judge me, I have learned to hold my tongue. And even with that, I have been a saner person.

it does happen in our country also..this should be avoided

Some people just get a kick out of putting others down. It's quite sad and you'd wonder about their parents...

I think it's beacause we fear what we don't know or understand. I try hard never to do this though, because underneath we are all the same.

Yes, you are right. People should learn to respect each other. And there will be happiness in the world.

We supress people who are different than us becoz they dont say yes to all your replies