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as i walk alone in the cold rain,
my mind drifted away to the past.
to what we used to be
to the secrets we used to share.
how i wish you were here with me,
sharing the umbrella
in this lonely yet cold night.
whispering sweet nothings in my ear
i miss you so much.
Monday, April 23, 2007
"Prejudice is a disease we can never get rid of". Discuss. (CJC Promos03)
The definition of prejudice, from oxford dictionary, is as such, "unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way”. And the definition of disease is “something that is seriously wrong with society or someone’s mind which can kill or destroy”.
Let’s look at prejudices as a disease in our society. Some examples from the past would be the racial riots in Singapore in 1964 between the Malays and Chinese in Singapore. The riots killed many innocent lives. In addition, the riots also almost destroy the country as it leads to foreign intervention. And luckily, India did not succeed in doing so. However it still shows the danger of having prejudice in our country, hence prejudice is concluded to be a disease.
Next, addressing to the question, I agree that prejudice can never be removed. Some ways to remove prejudice in Singapore is the blog rules and regulations. People who have sensitive and negative comments on to their blog will be fined. However it can only solve the surface to the problems. It does not go deep into the roots to pluck it out.
I think that I ideas haven been instilled into out mindset through upbringing. For example the white women who live in a community which accepted derogatory terms didn’t know they were racist. And black women would feel safer with the white man. People are mostly being stereotype. For example, African America cannot be a degree holder.
Since the ideas of prejudices have been instilled into people’s heart, it is a very difficult task to influence the person as we are all from prejudiced families. It cannot be totally uprooted. Only the negative impacts of prejudice could be prevented by educating people to allow them to think in a more mature way. But the idea in the public’s mind of prejudice can never be removed, unless they are being brainwashed by some major events. 1 comments
