Why Judge?

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Jade Charokopos

9-12-01

English honors 6

Why Judge?

        “If you judge people, you’ll you have no time to love them”, Mother Teresa stated a strong truth into the world while she was here.  Her idea of stereotyping is almost identical to Robert Heilbroner’s views on how “Stereotypes are a kind of gossip about the world, a gossip that makes us prejudge people before we ever lay eyes on them”.  In our world today we grow up learning to characterize people.  We live our lives continuing to judge people based on physical appearances, religious backgrounds and their personalities in contrast to our own.  Life’s too short for so much hatred and dislike, which is why stereotyping should be kept aware of and avoided by learning to chary, or to be mindful of “generalizations about people”.

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        In the world of stereotyping and characterizing I’m just as guility of participating in it then the next person.  Not always but sometimes I do look at someone’s appearance and decide if they’re worth having a conversation with, or even saying hi to.  I’ll admit that most of the friends I surround myself with are the better-looking, funny, ‘popular’ crowd.  I don’t make efforts to just be friends with that type of class of people, but I find it easier to relate with them. I too judge a lot of people, as they walk by me in public places, such ...

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