The Importance Of Ignorance

s ignorance truly bliss? Ignorance is the lack of knowledge or information about a particular subject or fact. Such as, at one time, one would think that eating Chinese food, you would start to look Chinese. This portrays ignorance due to the fact that one has a lack of knowledge about a particular culture and it’s food that they misinterpret someone else's culture. Therefore, humans should become more knowledgeable about what is going on around them on a local, national, and global level in order to make wise assumptions and decisions. One should be more knowledgeable about what is taking place around them on a local level, not just because it is the environment in which they live in, but also because being ignorant about their surroundings …show more content…
It does not always affect us due to the fact that the shocking event might be all the way across the globe. Therefore, one might not care about what goes on considering it doesn’t affect them. Of those incidents, multiple take place in the middle east every day. For this reason, plenty women and children flee from the war zone and head to refugee camps hoping that one day they might be able to come to the U.S or other western countries looking for peace and stability. On the other hand, Americans do not want these children and women to come to the U.S. Based on the New York Time, Anne Frank Today Is a Syrian Girl, Americans continuously reject the refuges because, “We can’t afford it, we should look after Americans first, ” ( Kristof ). Moreover, Americans tend to be stereotypical about the Syrian refugee by describing them as “dangerous and different,” (Kristof ) without being well informed about them. Americans are judging the whole community without knowing their story. Consequently, numerous refugees impact them in a very negative way since they might never get the chance to live a full, healthy, and joyful life, a life that they all dream of and