Prejudices

Prejudice, in any form, is not good. I myself, being far from perfect, having one prejuice since I was a kid, was prejudice people. That just always bothered me, and it was always a natural mechanism to defend, speak up for, and advocate for those being tormented by evil prejudices.

Jesus says "Love your brother."

So, my nephew gets hits while riding his bike by a person of a certain community. I myself jumped on the bandwagon of their community and blamed them there folk for the accident that happened.

In reality, it could have been anyone of any color who hit my nephew and left the scene. It's truly not fair that I, or anyone would blame the community folk for this wrong doing. . . or is it?

I've lived in this area pretty much my whole life, give or take several years. And for years I've wondered why this certain community drives the way they do. I pondered and often thought that maybe they all went to a special school in like New York or something to learn how to drive. It's bizarre. I drive a lot for work as a social worker and the drivers of this community have almost taken me out several times. Now I just pull over and let them do what their going to do so I don't get hurt.

Really. It's that bad.

If you mention this certain community you will hear prejudices. "They don't pay taxes!" "Good for them." I reply. "They this and they that. . ." Most of it's nonsense so I often ignore the prejudices that I hear because in reality I truly don't care. People are who they are. Personally, I enjoy experiencing other cultures and believe doing so is a blessing in it's own right. I truly have no qualms with this community.

Except their driving.

I'm not the best driver in the world, this I know, and I really can't judge other people's driving. It's not right. But when an entire community drives like madmen. . .there's something up with that.

So, is it wrong to target a specific community on their driving skills? I'll ask God about it. See what He says.