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The advantage of getting older is that you have been out-smarted so many times that you just might have stumbled upon some “in-smarts.”
At least, that’s what G-Pop thinks.
In a day and age when ragged ideas are being touted as well-sewn pieces of truth, it is important to remember how ignorance is born.
Ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, it is the carefully planned de-bunking of truth.
Ignorance begins with a critical nature.
Although G-Pop would love for his children to be able to discern what is real from false, he also would warn them not to develop a critical heart in performing this mission.
Critical people have one phrase which falls off their lips too easily: “I don’t like it.”
And the more they say it, the more they become accustomed to the intoxicating sensation of power they feel when they reject ideas that come their way.
The beginning of all ignorance is to be critical.
For after all, from “I don’t like it,” it is a simple few steps to, “I don’t like you.”
Once we express our disdain over the flavor of eggplant, it is just too easy to start looking at other human beings as if they were eggplant.
This is the first fruits of prejudice.
All prejudice comes via the misuse of a critical nature. If you’re not looking for reasons to dislike people, you have a much better chance of learning to live with them. But if you’ve convinced yourself that you should be allowed to have preferences, you will soon turn those inclinations into prejudices.
And G-Pop will tell his children that once we don’t like someone, it becomes easier and easier to generalize into, “I don’t like them.”
Bigotry—turning one face into condemning a race.
To see change in our country, we must stop believing that “critical” has anything to do with intelligence. We should be looking for reasons to praise instead of criticize–because once critical, it’s easy to become prejudiced.
And once prejudiced, it is a “trip and fall” to bigotry.
There are stereotypes in life. If you spend time with any culture, you will find that many of the claims made about the group do have some foundation.
Those who are born of spirit and wisdom ignore the stereotypes. Once we start pointing out the stereotypes, it is a brief season until we begin promoting them and making up new stereotypes, producing hate.
G-Pop would love to see his children learn the dangers leading to the path of ignorance.
Stop being so quick to criticize: it is the gateway drug to bigotry.
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