{"id":2052,"date":"2013-03-20T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2013-03-20T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T14:30:03","slug":"would-you-discriminate-unfairly-against-others-if-your-life-depended-on-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/would-you-discriminate-unfairly-against-others-if-your-life-depended-on-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Discriminate Unfairly Against Others, If Your Life Depended On It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can get a 7 minute audio<\/strong> version of this article:\u00a0send email to audio at cbstudio dot biz \u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0<\/strong>\"Would You Discriminate<\/strong>\" in the subject line)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a natural instinct we humans have. All societies have people who feel a need to separate themselves from others based on religion, race, ethnicity, educational achievement, social status, maybe sometimes personal accomplishments, wealth and so on.<\/p>\n

We hear sometimes of a young girl from a rich home being forbidden to continue seeing a handsome but jobless boyfriend she claims to love. Then you have those people who subtly discriminate against people of other races they consider inferior. They refuse to relate with them as equals \u2013 and won\u2019t even share the same table with them.<\/p>\n

And then we have people who discriminate based on religion. For instance, I\u2019ve heard some people claim if a person won\u2019t accept their religion, s\/he will not be worthy of being associated with them!<\/p>\n

There are those who feel they must not associate with others who are not as well schooled as they are. So they tactfully establish what qualifications people they meet have, and use that to filter out those they feel might be sources of \u201cpotential embarrassment \u201c in their own social circles. God forbid they be found relating with unlettered persons or school dropouts!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a shame really.<\/p>\n

Why (& How) Discriminating Unfairly Can Hurt You<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now, I\u2019m sure nothing that I\u2019ve said here is new to you. And I\u2019ve seen it happen again and again. I\u2019ve actually found out that some people don\u2019t even know they\u2019re doing it. And others don\u2019t even think it\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you why discriminating against others in this manner, can actually end up costing you (and even your loved ones) very painfully and expensively.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll use a simple analogy. A perspective that gives us a powerful reminder that we are all the same, under all our clothing, outside the material resources we\u2019ve acquired. We are all just flesh and blood - the same before our creator.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019m about to describe - the analogy I\u2019m about to use, is something that is real, and can actually happen. There\u2019s a real possibility it can happen. We have heard stories that are very similar to it.<\/p>\n

Imagine you\u2019re traveling on a ship with your daughter across the ocean to a holiday destination. Then you notice as you come on to the ship, a hefty looking but very badly dressed guy who has tattoos all over his arms and neck, and a ring in his nose. As you walk past him, you catch a whiff of\u00a0 stale sweat oozing from him. He\u2019s sitting alone in a corner, and apparently others have done what you did \u2013 just walked past quickly. You hear others whispering that the Captain let him on when he showed identification, explaining that he had been robbed, had no money and was trying to get back home.<\/p>\n

As you stare at him, your 3 year old daughter innocently waves at him. He looks at you and says \u201cYou have a lovely daughter<\/em>\u201d. Without saying anything, you hurriedly look away, grab your daughter by the arm, and walk to the farthest end of the room. And as you seat your daughter down, you say sternly to her: \u201cYou stay away from that man, you hear!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

And the journey begins. Some hours into the trip, there\u2019s some noise - some disturbance. And you hear some kind of uproar. And the captain announces: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ship has just been sabotaged and we\u2019re sinking. We\u2019ve also found out that the life boats have been damaged and everyone will have to swim to shore.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then he mentions that they\u2019ll try and help those who are much weaker amongst the passengers. Of course they have limited hands to do that.<\/p>\n

You cannot believe your ears. You feel the ship beginning to tilt as water rushes into the damaged underside. Other passengers are screaming, and you see some people already jumping into the sea and trying to make it to shore.<\/p>\n

You look wildly around, call out to the ship\u2019s personnel running past you. But none take notice. Suddenly, you notice the big, smelly tattooed guy,<\/em> climbing up the side of the ship from inside the water. And as he gets into the ship, you hear the Captain thanking him for carrying an elderly passenger across to shore by swimming a distance of about a hundred meters.<\/p>\n

He looks up at that point, and sees you and your daughter standing, looking helpess, and he walks over immediately, saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLet me help you \u2013 I can carry your daughter across. We don\u2019t have much time,. The ship is going under any moment now<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What Would You Do At This Point? <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Would you tell your daughter to \u201cstay away from him\u201d again<\/em>? Or would you let him help you? In other words, would you feel \u201csafe\u201d discriminating against him under this situation where the life of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can get a 7 minute audio version of this article:\u00a0send email to audio at cbstudio dot biz \u00a0with\u00a0\"Would You Discriminate\" in the subject line) It\u2019s a natural instinct we humans have. All societies have people who feel a need to separate themselves from others based on religion, race, ethnicity, educational achievement, social status, maybe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[244,245,247,246],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-development","tag-racial-discrimination","tag-religious-discrimination","tag-the-need-to-be-fair-and-impartial-in-our-dealings","tag-why-unfair-discrimination-is-bad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":901,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}