Prejudice In Anthropology

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I was bullied, not the body injured. It`s the hurt on my spirit by others prejudice. The word of prejudice is very easy to understand, just separate the original word into two parts, “pre” and “judice;” it`s means before the judge, so prejudice prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case. People could judge so many different topics, such as the cultures. Culture is very important for every individual. People would have different education, society, or jobs from a different background or culture and follows his/her rules truly. Those factors affect them have different ways of thinking. Such as the customs and traditions. People from other cultures are hard to understand why they have these kinds …show more content…

The life always get the opposite of what I wants, because I thought people would not judge or care about it. Around 5 years, I do not like to tell other people where am I from, because I know if I told them; they probably will ask me some questions with their strange eyes which makes me feel uncomfortable. I am from Inner Mongolia, a modern province full of Mongolia culture. When I decided to go to Canada to study, I thought this would be a great place for me, because I have heard many people talk about how good and friendly Canada is. The first school day for me in Canada makes me upset, because this kind of conversation happened to me again. I still remember the first day at ACS, I was walking around the International Office; because that’s the only place I could remember. One person was staring at me for almost a minute, and then he asked me, “Where are you …show more content…

Then he just said, “I know Mongol is a backward country, and people living there are really poor. They eat groundhog every day. Do you know what a city is? Have you seen some large buildings before? Such as, apartments. Don’t worry, now you will see a lot, and I will help about that.” I do not know what I should say at that time, because I want to be nice to everyone; another reason would be my English was not that good, a little bit scared to talk. At that time, I just said, “Do not say it again,” with my unbending voice; then walked away. I guess if I could watch myself in the mirror; it will be sullenly with some negative feeling. Why do some people want to show off how smart they are, but without a full understating? To feel much better than

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