"Labels are for soup cans, not people." Is I mature, I see the truth of this more and more. I am guilty of being a serial labeller myself, clumping people into types on sight. I know I'm going all after school special and what not, but judging people on appearance and who they hang out with is really...not...good. Living a culture like ours, with people who differ so much from us, its rather difficult to see individuals. When we can't relate to people who differ from us, we tend to group them with others we know who look similar and use stereotypes from mass media like "popular", "goth", "gay", "jock", "nerd", "stupid", "ugly", and so on. Some labels may not seem so bad, like "athletic" or "pretty" and maybe they aren't. It's really he practice and concept of judging people uninformed that's dangerous. When I find myself doing that, I am reminded that there aren't "those people"- there are only individuals.
~~K the ranter and lecturer
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