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| Prejudice Our assumptions as a barrier to discernment Prejudice is usually thought of in racial terms. However, even the decision to sit in a chair shows a pre judged opinion that the chair will hold your weight. A prejudice might be better thought of as conclusion we have reached that we use to navigate through life. We all pre judge things in that it is easier to go through life feeling certain about things.   Prejudice is a sort of short hand way to go through life. For example, if you have to hire a lawyer, you might not want to interview a guy from Harvard as you might assume he would be arrogant, unwilling to take instruction, and want too much money. A guy from a school in Pennsylvania might look like a better prospect. However, by not interviewing each one, you can never know for sure. This is where discrimination can be helpful. Discrimination is a word that also has been used so often in regard to racism that its utility in describing other things has often been lost. Racial discrimination is the simplistic determination of something based on skin color. Useful discrimination is seldom two dimensional. In hiring a lawyer asking each candidate to explain how they would draw up a contract for someone in a hypothetical company might help you discriminate as to what skills each might bring. When discrimination is tied to prejudice it is almost useless. When it is coupled with discernment it can help identify that which is useful. Discernment works with discrimination to determine truth. It requires one to be open to questioning. Prejudice is opposed to questioning. “Pre judging” is usually reflective of a basic belief that can be at the core of our existence. For example, assuming that the food placed before us is not poisoned is a common assumption. It can be unsettling to think that it might be. Similarly any basic assumption is difficult to question because it is basic to our lives.  Prejudice and assumptions can provide a more comfortable life than questioning and evaluating. However, it leaves one vulnerable to error and getting slapped in the face by reality. Maturity is a result of the growth of learning which is a result of active questioning. As one grows both in depth and breadth of understanding one becomes more in control of their own life. One of the most difficult things to understand is that a life of ease and comfort is usually one of ignorance and vulnerability as well as the arrested development of a sort of perpetuated infancy.  |
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