Discrimination

This week in class, we watched a video on discrimination. This video was about separating 3rd graders by eye color. One group was more superior than the other group, so they treated the minorities poorly. This video was really important to me, because when I was in 3rd grade, I also did this experiment. I was a part of the minority group, so the memory of it really stuck with me. I was unable to do the same things as the other group and I was treated very poorly and discriminated against, which was something I wasn't used to. The fact that it has such a big impact on me even today as a senior in high school, I realize how important it is not to judge someone so quickly. Just because a person has a different skin color, or is from a different area than you, or does different things than you, or acts a different way than you, it doesn't mean that they are not a good person and that you should treat them poorly. As cliche as it sounds, I have learned to treat everyone, no matter what they look like, the way you want to be treated, unless they give you a reason not to.