RCG ; First impressions and our Judgements

In the first class of Race/Class/and Gender one of the first statements Maggy said was simply, as humans we judge people or things without even thinking about it. She said, "As soon as I walked through the doors, you students had something that you were thinking about me, whether it was good or bad." Maggy was right, as human beings it is in our nature to judge without knowing the person. It is not exactly right to do, however, it is impossible to stop. In todays society we judge people if they look "different". By that I mean just if a person acts different or their appearance comes off as different from your own. I know i judge people by what they look like or how they carry themselves as a person. I also know that is not very nice or fair to that person, I even judge someone on personality. However, when I judge it does not necessarily mean it is a bad thing. For example, when I first meet someone I usually can tell within 20 minutes if I could be friends with this person or not. The only bad thing about that is sometimes I am very wrong about a person because they may just not have a good first impression on you. Therefore, you need to give a chance for people to actually get to know you and for you to know them better before judging them so fast. Speaking for myself alone, I could work on that a little bit more and try to understand others who are different than me and be more open to various ideas or thoughts.

In class, we also watched a video from back in the day that was shown in school to show people how to act properly. It discussed manners, relationships, and males being dominant over females pretty much. I was not really shocked about this video, however, because that is how it once was if you have ever watched an old movie that is simply how people acted back then. I believe people should find their manners again because I think in that aspect America has died. Manners are not as important as they once were and that is a shame because it makes people look terrible in my opinion. However, in this video was some things that have changed for the better. Such as women having more independence and men with less power than they once had. Even though now they still have more power but it is a lot less than back then which is a step closer to being equal. I will enjoy this class a lot because it will open my views on things and will hopefully make me a better person and less judgmental.