Groups

This week in class we learned about "in groups" and "out groups". When we walked into class we were separated into two groups, people who were wearing blue jeans and people who weren't. Then we were given 5 minutes to come up with reasons why the other group was wearing jeans or wasn't, depending on which group you were in. The reasons varied from "jeans were ugly", " because they wanted to",  "they were too lazy" or "they had no other clean clothes".  We then looked at the list and decided which reasons were judgmental and it turned out that the majority were. We did that because when people are categorized in groups they tend to judge others that are different. 

This happens all around us in everyday life. We have seen this happening back in the 1900s with the separation of whites and African Americans. This is still happening in our lives today, judging people based solely on looks. Most people try not to judge others, but its just the society we live in.  We have to be careful what we say or do to others because it affects other more than people realize. I see this happening all around me, sometimes I'm the one being excluded (out group) and sometimes I'm in the crowd (in group). It should be important to people to make sure that these "groups" affect people and how they act towards others around them.