The first time I recorded my number of prejudice thoughts, it resulted in 36 notes taken. However, after I used CBT methods to eliminate my thoughts, I noted that my number of thoughts decreased to 16. Although I believe I had many more thoughts, the type I had consisted of:
1. Shadism towards light skin black girls – condemning their idea of experiencing extremely troubling conflicts as a fairer skinned individual. I believe that their plights do not measure up to those of dark skin inheritance.
2. Racism towards black people – Sometimes black people participate in faulty actions to be given stereotypes of being lazy or “all-talk-and-no-do” in the sense that I believe that some of our tribulations are due to our laziness/stubbornness that …show more content…
Current and previous generations – I feel that the current generation has its priorities muddled. We might become unfit to take over for our predecessor because of the gap in interest and priority. Technology is the hindrance of this.
B) Previous generations need to consider their opinions on the current generation because it is not fair that they are blaming the current generation for their inability to succeed with what was left by their previous generation.
The CBT method I used to combat these thoughts were to yell silently in my head the word “stop” or “chill” to keep me on track. Furthermore, I questioned myself forcefully by asking “Do you know their story?” or “do you know how they feel or felt?” to condemn my prejudice thinking. I also wrote on my hand in green marker “stop thinking prejudice” to remind myself about the experiment every time I looked at my hands (surprisingly, it was quite …show more content…
However, Francis Aboud elaborates on her theory by encouraging children aged 7-12 need to participate in intercultural discussions because it is the time where their perceptions of different groups and individuals solidify. Admittedly when I was between those ages, I was exposed to many groups that impacted me negatively in terms of bullying and demeaning me for my physical attributes, therefore causing me to allow these thoughts to thrive.
Cognitive Behavioural Theory contributed to the minimization of my prejudice thoughts by forcing me to not only recognizes my discriminatory actions but to take responsibility for it as well. Once I noticed my thoughts, I ventured into challenging myself on why I thought this way. In most cases, the subject of my prejudice thoughts have not personally affected me in any way, but derived from what I was persuaded to believe
1. Shadism towards light skin black girls – condemning their idea of experiencing extremely troubling conflicts as a fairer skinned individual. I believe that their plights do not measure up to those of dark skin inheritance.
2. Racism towards black people – Sometimes black people participate in faulty actions to be given stereotypes of being lazy or “all-talk-and-no-do” in the sense that I believe that some of our tribulations are due to our laziness/stubbornness that …show more content…
Current and previous generations – I feel that the current generation has its priorities muddled. We might become unfit to take over for our predecessor because of the gap in interest and priority. Technology is the hindrance of this.
B) Previous generations need to consider their opinions on the current generation because it is not fair that they are blaming the current generation for their inability to succeed with what was left by their previous generation.
The CBT method I used to combat these thoughts were to yell silently in my head the word “stop” or “chill” to keep me on track. Furthermore, I questioned myself forcefully by asking “Do you know their story?” or “do you know how they feel or felt?” to condemn my prejudice thinking. I also wrote on my hand in green marker “stop thinking prejudice” to remind myself about the experiment every time I looked at my hands (surprisingly, it was quite …show more content…
However, Francis Aboud elaborates on her theory by encouraging children aged 7-12 need to participate in intercultural discussions because it is the time where their perceptions of different groups and individuals solidify. Admittedly when I was between those ages, I was exposed to many groups that impacted me negatively in terms of bullying and demeaning me for my physical attributes, therefore causing me to allow these thoughts to thrive.
Cognitive Behavioural Theory contributed to the minimization of my prejudice thoughts by forcing me to not only recognizes my discriminatory actions but to take responsibility for it as well. Once I noticed my thoughts, I ventured into challenging myself on why I thought this way. In most cases, the subject of my prejudice thoughts have not personally affected me in any way, but derived from what I was persuaded to believe