Give them a chance!

This blog post might be slightly different then my previous two blogs about TV shows. However something that has come to my mind this week is about learning different cultures. Being in a world lit class and a world religions class at the same time would probably be the culprits of this idea. In addition to these two classes, I have always had somewhat of a philosophy that learning about other cultures and religions are a good thing not a bad thing. One of my pet peeves would be when people make assumptions about a particular culture or group without even knowing much about it. These assumptions usually do not lead to good outcomes, some examples would be war, violence, and hatred of some people without having just cause to. I have heard more than once people my age and other generations say some comments about certain people or certain cultures that they really had no business to. Yes I am aware that everyone is granted to their own opinion, but I would strongly disagree with their opinion. I know that I wouldn’t appreciate being judged because of superficial things or my background, without any one even knowing me. So in my life I try to not judge others or other ideas or cultures without knowing more about them first. Something my dad once told me is that “we should look at life like a rubix cube. You may see green, red, or blue, but I see white and yellow. Now neither one of us are wrong, but without knowing the other ones perspective then you may be making decisions or judgments on things you don’t fully know or understand.” This has always stuck with me, and since then I try even harder to do what I can to know about every angle before I make a decision or pass judgment.