i cant be prejudice! i have a gay/black/etc friend!
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
April 30, 2010 6:56pm CST
i cannot stand how people will totally be prejudice/racist against some one or a group of people and when you call them on it they are like "how could i be? i have a friend that is (fill in the blank)" its like they keep a token friend of what they are against so they can claim they arent..
to me you can still be racist or prejudice and still have 1 or 2 "friends" of that group but that doesnt make you automatically ok or prove that you dont have a problem.. heck most of the time its a friend they havent even seen for years anyways!!
does it bother you when you see some one being racist or prejudice to a group of people then claim they arent like that because they have a "token" friend from that group? how can you dislike or hate a group of people yet friend one?
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@newtalent (1112)
• United States
1 May 10
Everyone has an issue with someone or something at one time or another. I agree you can be prejudice against anyone and still have acquaintances with person that represents a group. It irritates me too. I have a neighbor that will not live ins neighborhood of her own race, she don't like them. I am like are you kidding me?? Have you not looked in the mirror? So it goes on and on. You can choose to befriend and accept or just terminate the friendship if you are that upset over it, if that is the case. I try to be open minded but it does get to me how people act, I am sure they that about me too. A vicious circle..
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
1 May 10
its really sad when people hate their own race
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@bagputza (504)
• Belgium
1 May 10
I am on the same page with you on the prejudice subject dear friend , and i'd like to add that i am a roumanian that live's far from he's counry , and here in belgium most of the roumanians are seen as thiefs and not trustworthy ( thats theire mindset ) , but this happens because i happen to have a few friends that either had friends that have been mugged by a roumanian gipsy , either scammed by one of my kinds , or they had dearest and close person that have suffered because of the acts of my fellows citizenships , anihow i am glad that the circle of my friends know that every country has its own Good herbs and bad herbs , and they really like to come with me in vacation in roumania since the Mountains are just great over there , so is the Danube , and i care to treat with ignorance the people who are prejudice , but i dont say that i dont understand theire feellins at all , because theire simply humans like i am , and everyone makes mistakes in theire lifes.
Have a nice day dear friend.
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