Be honest - is there a specific group in which you are prejudiced?

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Oh goody, another thread to spew prejudice in.

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AAs - sorry but they as a group have ruined their own reputation.

Georgetown undergrads -- rich, entitled, yet not all that bright or outstanding. At least at the ivys you find rich, entitled students who are incredibly bright; every time I've dealt with a Georgetown undergrad recently I've wondered -- is the school really that good and that hard to get into or is it just a big deal due to name brand in certain circles. Felt the same way about NYU undergrads when I lived in NYC, though Georgetown undergrads take the cake for being rich but dumb.

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Illegal immigrants. I don't care what skills or talents they bring or whether they take jobs no one else wants -- they are a drain on a system that has finite resources. And it pisses me off that they make no efforts to assimilate. I see immigrants of all groups wearing their own clothing, speaking their language, and celebrating their traditions -- but at least they speak English. Only among Hispanics will you find a demographic that thinks it's ok to go to a public place in the US, start speaking to a clerk in Spanish, look irritated when he says he doesn't speak Spanish, and then reluctantly switch to English when they have to. Sorry - but I don't see Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Africans etc walking into Citibank and starting conversations in Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin etc and expecting the teller to hop to their command in said language.

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Original Military poster here-- I know that the deep segregation that I was exposed to while a kid and my Dad was military is BS. I know that there are very smart and educated Enlisted, and that there are educated but dumb Officers.

But you can't say that somehow my parents raised me wrong. The division is everywhere! Just look at Officer housing vs. Enlisted housing. I had friends who where enlisted kids (and my Mom friends with enlisted wives), but everyone always knew the rank and importance of the Dads. I didn't treat the enlisted kids differently, but all you had to do is go their on-base cockroach infested apartment to see that even the Military thought lesser of them.

As for the hospital ER, I might have been misremembering the story, but I have a distinct memory of waiting for my Dad to change into uniform so we would be seen faster. And I have a vague memory of even thinking it was messed up that an Officer's kid would be seen sooner than an Enlisted kid just because of the uniform.

Regardless of whether my memory is right or wrong, I still have a deep seated prejudice towards Enlisted that I have to consciously fight. I work with many Enlisted and Officers and I have to remind myself to keep my stupid thoughts in check. It's gotten better, but always there under the surface.

And unlike some other posters, I fight my prejudiced thoughts. I know they are wrong, but like a PP said, once a prejudice is engrained it's hard to get rid of completely.

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Mormon wives, and not just the ones in polyamorous "marriages." They are phony and they teach their kids to fear and exclude non-LDS.

I'm an atheist, and my 11 yo is COMPLETELY one. no doubt

Her friend is Mormon, and I love her friend's mom. She's lovely - completely NOT preachy.

I'm Mormon and I am not preachy in the least, if I do say so myself. I also probably teach my child to fear and exclude LDS preachy people more than non-LDS people.
I think with any faith, there will be those of all types, so just remember there are exceptions to generalizations.

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Anonymous wrote:My Dad was a Military Officer. So I have to be careful with my attitude about Enlisted Military. I naturally look down on them since I spent my entire childhood being very aware of difference between Officers and Enlisted. Totally realize it's BS

I know nothing about such things. Can you expand on the difference between officers and enlisted?

Think White Collar vs. Blue Collar. Officers are college educated, do desk jobs or things like Pilot. Enlisted aren't college educated, more hands on jobs like mechanic.

The military makes it very clear that Officers are better--an Officer in uniform can go to the front of the line at the Commissary (grocery store) or hospital ER. One time, as I was sick and had a fever, I had to wait for my Dad to change into uniform so once we got to the ER we would be seen first. As a child, you know which kid's Dads outrank your Dad.

So do that affect which kids became friends? Did officers kids tend to befriend other officers kids or did the kids not really care?

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Anonymous wrote:Russian women that come here on bogus education visas and work as high priced hookers.

Maybe their education involves learning how to give a good blowey?

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Anonymous wrote:Illegal immigrants. I don't care what skills or talents they bring or whether they take jobs no one else wants -- they are a drain on a system that has finite resources. And it pisses me off that they make no efforts to assimilate. I see immigrants of all groups wearing their own clothing, speaking their language, and celebrating their traditions -- but at least they speak English. Only among Hispanics will you find a demographic that thinks it's ok to go to a public place in the US, start speaking to a clerk in Spanish, look irritated when he says he doesn't speak Spanish, and then reluctantly switch to English when they have to. Sorry - but I don't see Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Africans etc walking into Citibank and starting conversations in Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin etc and expecting the teller to hop to their command in said language.

That's true but maybe that's also because we don't make our kids go to "immersion" programs to learn Mandarin, Hindi, etc. Given the fact that FCPS bends over backwards to make everyone learn Spanish I guess you can't fault them for thinking their language is as valid as English here.

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For the PPs who don't like African Americans but are "neutral" towards Africans, black Latinos, etc.--what about someone like me? West Indian parents, but born here, and more or les identify as AA. Oh, and I'm only half-black (other half another minority race). Perhaps you're only a tad prejudiced against people like me who are African American-ish?

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'Less' not 'les.' Finishing the coffee.

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7:27 again. Forgot to say I guess the only group I have some slight negative feelings about would be the anti-vax crowd. My relative's husband did a very delayed schedule, and he is just generally really insufferable. Barely graduated college, but comes off as really self-righteous and pedantic about his views on pretty much everything in parenting, politics, and race relations. He is black but somewhat conservative--I think he says he's libertarian, and he did not support Obama during the last two elections.

Ok, maybe I'm just prejudiced against my relative's husband! Don't actually know any other anti-vax folks IRL.

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I'm an atheist who grew up in Utah. Mormons are the last religious people I'd classify as preachy or "holier than thou." They believe in some truly ridiculous, ass-backward shit, but they are for the most part lovely people and truly less judgy than most other religious people I know.

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Super preppy, popped collar, wearing the standard vineyard vines uniform.

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Anonymous wrote:You wanted honest. I am prejudiced against African Americans.

Me too

Too many bad experiences with them

Is that prejudice then? I don't consider it prejudice if experience has taught you otherwise. It's a shame, but it's not racism.

I've been physically assaulted twice in my life - both times it was African American women - shoved away from the metro turnstile after I inserted my card so they could steal my fare. A friend of mine had the crap beaten out of her by an AA woman (the AA woman was trying to steal my friend's purse). More minor occurrences (stolen parking spaces, etc) have occurred as well.

If it's now racist to be a bit more careful around AA women, so be it. My experiences have taught me to be wary.

How this not racist? When you make negative assumptions about an entire race of people, whether it is based on 0 interactions on 5, that is racism.

I would be willing to bet that not all white people you have met have been perfect kind angels, yet you don't claim to dislike them.

So yes if you are judging and entire race of people based on two interactions you are absolutely racist.

When I am physically assaulted, with malice, that's more than not being 'perfect kind angels'. Perhaps those individuals were racist, and took their opportunity to abuse a white woman?

As for being racist, I was the only one to step forward at a major event recently, to help the family of an elderly AA woman, who were sure to be run over by an oncoming crowd of people, waiting to be seated at a first come-first serve event.

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I can't stand the hip, urban Christians at my kids' school. They make loving Christ so AWESOME. They're all just so cool with their Christian rock bands and their pride at being so totally liberal that they're willing to live IN THE CITY, with the gays! And the other heathens!