I have read an article about two parents arguing with each other. Parent A was being racist to Parent B to which is very rude and inappropriate. The article title was The power of prejudice -- and why you should speak up by Amanda Enayati, CNN contributor. The article author, Enayati, had talked to the witnesses of the argument, Enayati found out that people just watched the two fought and did not do anything to stop it. Enayati was worried about the children that was seeing it because it may harm them or teach them something that is not right. in that article Enayati used three principle reason on how people react to such events, so first Enayati said "they have to make that determination", she was referring to those undecided bystanders. second was "there is a "standing" issue. That is, even if they are certain that someone was targeted by prejudice, onlookers have to determine whether they have the right to speak up." , here she was referring to what bystanders must do after they have determine the situation. third was "And finally, people may have concerns over what to say. They may fear for their own safety or have a general aversion to discussing group memberships and a belief that the best way to avoid mistakes is to assume a color-blind stance.", and lastly for me this is quite selfish because those bystanders have the chance to speak up and help others but some choose the quiet side and just be watcher of that scene. i know some people are just scared but have you thought about this, what if that happened to you would you rather like someone help you? that have many people just watch be criticize to something that makes you, you.
To Miss Enayati, I salute you for noticing this events and started writing an article about it. You're helping others see what they may or might do to others if they don't use their words carefully. i think this article is very helpful in enlightening people on what surroundings they have and will create. it helps young people be more open-minded and not be very stereotypical to others. this article can be an eye-opener to many. and if you're going to ask me where i stand, I'll be one of those people that will do anything i can to help those people experiencing or being prejudice by other people.
Another article I have read is Prejudice All Around by William Saletan. It was about a white cop shooting a black man. Speculations were made and the jury decided that the cop was not guilty and that it was the black man's fault. there was two options but neither fits the event so when they asked some witnesses the story was really different to what the jury says to many and based their decisions to.
Saletan advises people that they should all look back to some past events that has similar incident with this one. Many black men are being killed and was was given a fake reason so that those cops won't be put in questions. This quote caught my attention “This isn’t just about one case of questionable behavior by a single officer. This is about a systemic and common problem in the American justice system.”, It's like he's stating that there is hole in their government system, that something isn't right. Saletan made his point here and i get that, As a Filipino citizen, I see many stuff like this and it pisses me off to see those people get away with the bad things they have done to innocent people, It's just cruel.
I can say that people mistreat others just cause they're from a different race. Those people think lowly of others and because of that they become more confident about themselves and thinks that if they do such thing to people they just can easily get away with it just because they look more decent than the guy they have harmed. This is not right, It's like our government system is giving a strong power to babies. Those kind of people should not be given such because they'll just use it for something wrong and might cause some injustice to some innocent beings.
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