Prejudice April 23, 2009
Posted by megcloud9 in Uncategorized.Tags: life, People, Prejudice.Judgmental
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Pride or not, Prejudice is in your face.
You experience it, either as a victim(heavy word) or exhibit it yourself 
I sometimes ask my peers –What did you think of me the first time we met?
How different is that opinion now?
Try it out, a very interesting experiment!
This happened to me with a friend, he thought I was only good at senseless arguments (read –> a feminist view) and I dismissed him saying he was judgmental but we actually got to know each other better during an academic event and I have the utmost respect for him today. He gave me a lot of inspiration regarding Open Source
(Ok, Why would their opinion matter is completely a different issue 
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Was having this discussion with a friend about what we thought about a common friend the first time we met him and something radically different came up from what we actually think of the guy now. True, most of the times. Is it the way we are programmed? Are first impressions always the best and the toughest to make? How long do they take to change?
How many more times would you need to meet the person to be convinced about what the person actually is versus the first impression.
A says people who judge him on the basis of his antics annoy him. Once you get to know A better you would probably respect him and look upto his powerhouse of talent rather than his antics grabbing attention.
B says Kannada movie songs are nothing great since he saw one or two videos where the girls were simply eyecandy. Let’s show him Annavaru’s stuff then let him talk (rather shut up in silence) ,I say !
Prejudices are inevitable. Need to look at them with an open mind and always watch out for the second and third impressions too!
PS: This is strictly my opinion and while many may argue that they are fairly non-judgmental and not prejudiced, I believe it’s pretty humane! There is never a NULL opinion about any person whom you meet.
Well….most of us ARE Judgmental, no matter what we say….the first impression tends to get a lot of importance coz we create opinions abt a certain person the first time we meet him or her…but to stick to that opinion may not be wise always, coz we might be wrong in our judgements…
In short, we see the world through a pair of goggles in front of our eyes….and when the goggles change, our opinions change…..a Paradigm Shift happens…
@Nick
Positive start
Most people dont admit the judgmental part 
Its always important to look for the 2nd and 3 rd impressions na 
Goggles! nice way of luking at it 
I hated my best friend when I met him for the first time. I think we should never judge a person by the first meeting.
Well written Meghana!
PS: Why do I get the feeling that I feature in this post somewhere
-Harish
the cartoon is good! its always necessary to give an average chance to prove himself/herself….some people though are so outright bad that its easily understandable from 1st impression.
I really don’t think first impression is the last impression but it does had its impact..
And hey, i am sorry to have come here after so long. My feed reader didnt show me any updates from you, so i thought you weren’t updating your blog…
“what did you think of me when we first met?” – skinny little thing
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“How different is that opinion now?”- no change at all
On a serious note, i think its inbuilt in us to judge people. to make our own assumptions on what sort of person they are. It takes an eytremly shrewd person with lots of experience to make a right opinion about a person in first meeting and even then they can be wrong.