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Wednesday, November 19th 2008

5:41 PM

A question of race and trust

Here is a question I would like to ask. Imagine if you had a very bad experience with a person of a different race, would you still be open to accept the other members of his/her race without reservation?

I was thinking about it because I have always considered myself as an indiscriminative, nonjudgmental type of person.  Yet I can’t help wonder what if he/she is the only person I know from his/her race.  Then he/she does something to me that makes me really hate him/her and the trust is no longer there.  What if later I meet another person who is a member of his/her race?  I wonder what will be my reaction.  Will I be open-minded and accept the person without prejudice, or will I put a distance between us to be cautious and to ensure that the pervious incident will not happen again?  

Could racism at a personal level be a result of a misunderstanding or conflict between 2 individuals of different races?  Is it possible that one reason for an individual hating a whole group could be as a result of a negative encounter of just one member of that group?  

How about you? How would you react to this situation?

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Posted by M. Calderon:

I would accept a new member from his/her race because he's not the same person anymore and every person is unique in terms of character and principles.It's like when you say ....we are under the same sky but we don't have the same horizon....i will still be open-minded type and willing to understand,and continue being a friendly individual but I will not agree on racial descrimination.
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Thursday, November 20th 2008 @ 9:41 PM

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