From dictionary.com:
Rac-ism:
| 1. | a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. |
| 2. | a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination. |
| 3. | hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. |
You compare yourself to other people.
You know your culture and race,
and you are ignorant of other races and their customs (atleast one of them)
you know something about them.
You know what you do well,
you have a bias due to incomplete or absent understanding of their way of doing things
You don't dress in a Hijab, you do dress with the hijab. Preference, social implications, people's opinions, your own superiority. Something sways us from one way to another. You are doing one of the two.
Broad generalizations are easy to break down with isolated cases, but I think it is inevitable that everyone judges other people for better or for worse, and some of these comparisons will include cultural differences.
I am humbled to notice that I find myself thinking: 'that is inefficient, why don't they wake up and stop wasting time and resources that aren't theirs to waste in the first place, but mine that were taken out of my hard earned paycheck. Freeloaders!'
but... I really have no idea what opportunities they have missed out on and what they have been through, and I am actually being the drain on society thinking that I am great. What is greatness anyways?
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