Journal+5+-+Response

Respond to all of the following questions. Please copy and paste the questions into your journal.

1. Why do people tend to make fun of those who are in some way different? Do you believe this tendency is stronger in adults or children? Why?

2. Imagine which kind of insult would provoke you the most. An insult about... Explain which insult is most offensive to you and why.
 * your appearance or dress
 * your character or actions
 * a friend or family member
 * your beliefs

3. Give examples of prejudice (this can be a list). What are the most common types in your community? Your school? Explain why prejudice is destructive, perhaps citing specific examples you've heard of or witnessed. Have you ever experienced any sort of prejudice?

1. I think that people tend to make fun of different people because they feel the need to feel superior and making people that are different feel left out makes them feel better. I believe this is stronger in children because children are childish and they have the need to fit in. If making fun of someone who's different makes other kids look at them as cool, then they will probably do so.

2. I think the insult that offends me the most is insults on my character or actions. The reason is that people all dress weird somedays so if you get made fun of for that it's not too hard. A friend getting insulted rarely happens, but when it does it's easily dealt with by bolth parties. Nobody insults my family, and I normally share beliefs with most people I am with. However, when someone insults character it's harder to deal with because you can't change your personality.

3. Prejudices are in gender, race, social standing, wealthiness, location, and age. In my community I find that race is the most common prejudice, even if it's just for fun. Sometimes it's taken as a joke so that's why it's more common. In my school I think the same is true. Prejudice is destructive because it sort of stereotypes the people being prejudiced into believing what they are told. An example is if your prejudice and you look at gays as disgusting, they're not going to feel welcome in society. I have not experienced any types of prejudice, but I have witnessed some.