Rampancy of Stereotypes bring forth...individuality

Individuality takes many forms, and many conformists take many individualists and toss them together just to find a core sample of stereotype to bring them together for easier labeling and faster recognition.

Let me explain: When computers were widely introduced to the public in the seventies people began, feverishly, using their system traits within their real life organizational patterns. i.e. folders-sub folders-sub folders. etc.

Stereotype

Now go into any High School building and begin your study on a single student, this will be your discovery: High School Student-Choir Member-Upper Level Choir Member. (Merely synopsis no one specific is being used as an example.) Alright, unless you are a closer friend to this person, and you were only observing, the sub folder would stop within the Choir status, because it is easier to form a stereotype with less information.

This is where individuality comes into play.

1)Why are they in Choir? Did someone inspire them? Did they do it only out of space in schedule?
2)Who is their best friend? Do they like watching movies with this friend? What's their favorite movie?

The list continues on-and-on.

Now, you're probably reading this and wondering to yourself, "Why is he talking about High School, it is nowhere near what the real world as a whole is, this is silly and pointless."

Well, if you were to stop reading there you would think that this blog is worthless and does not have any reverence to real life application. Here's the punchline, so to speak.

Let us look back a few years September 11th, 2001. Terrorists flew 2 planes into the World Trades Center in New York City, New York. The country took a huge gasp in all together and silence ensues after the tragic event.

Now, let us look at the after math. A war was waged upon a country...Who was responsible for the bombings? Afghanistan? Iraq? Iran?....NO! A group of radical terrorists, the entire country is not responsible for this group, yet the 3 countries, and more paid the price.

Because a group of Middle Eastern Men, following Islamic faith did the deed it instantly transformed the population of the Middle East into terrorists, why? Cause they looked like those who blew up two buildings.

Now, let's do our study again: Middle Eastern American: Dark Skin: Follows Islam = Terrorist.

This was the major mind set of Americans after the attack, but it is still continuing today, of course with less intensity.

You may be thinking, "This is dumb, it's one occurrence and he is putting too much emphasis on it."

World War II, Japanese Americans, and further more, any Asian person who looked Japanese. Enslaved in a concentration camp, stripped of their homes, and pride.

Jews from the Warsaw Harlem: Sent back to Hitler because they did not have enough money and assets to be considered a prominent member of society in America.

I am using America as the major offender here, but she is not the only offender. Some more historical examples: Hitler's Germany, The Chinese Hierarchy B.C.E., Pagans and Christians, Japanese Samurai. The list continues.

It is as if the folders are quarantined and if one file gets a virus, the entire group is corrupt as well. This mind-set needs to be eradicated.

This rambling does, in fact, hold reverence: You know how people say that you learn the most of life's lessons in Kindergarten? How to share, Lend a helping hand, etc.
Well why can we not learn from High School, as well?" Stereotypes will kill nations and fester until a hatred for a group of people has formed, only because of a few people that were placed in a folder in our mind.


Individuality

When a connection is made to bring forth an idea of individuality you have led to an understanding which has transformed your fear of the unknown into a compassion for a single person, which will allow you to understand even more people.

As a people, we have grown increasingly more callus to accepting others into our tight circle of friends, but if we could allow just one or two, giving them the benefit of the doubt and learning some personal internal thoughts, ideas of life, and stories shared by different culture or different life experience, perhaps then we will find the Rampancy of Stereotypes, and finally bring forth individuality.

Thank you for reading,
Sheldon