Diversity And Stereotypes

“It’s a colorful world, it’s a beautiful world that we live in”
We often get caught up doing something rather meaningless that we forget to turn around us in order to appreciate and cherish the real beauty that surrounds us. Someone wise once said: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Today this saying is one of the most used phrases. The fact that our brain subconsciously and briefly forms opinion based on how one person looks is astonishing. That is, without doubt, in our nature because we all like to analyze the unknown which intimidates us in some odd way. Usually the first thought that comes to our mind is something judgmental and overcritical, but the second thought, depends only on our mindset.

Firstly, it’s crucial to realise that differences are inevitable. Our nationality, skin color, ethnicity, religion or even gender is not something that indicates our character, whether we identify with these things or not. One’s appearance is always the first thing we see, but what really challenges is looking deeper, beyond the surface. To understand that every human being is complex in its own way is to approach diversity. Moreover, once we start to embrace diversity we will discover the true meaning of empathy because we shall relate to other people. …show more content…
Shaping our opinion based on the stereotypes and prejudices is a shallow act, because everyone that belongs to one particular group is as well an individual who has fought or is fighting their own battle. If it was as easy to define someone as we think it is, it would be a much simpler and more ordinary world than the one we live in. Therefore divergence is not something that is meant to separate, it is meant to bring us close by bridging the gaps that have been created by the