Importance Of Ignorance To Actions

Ignorance to Actions
In two thousand fifteen, there were five thousand eight hundred fifty criminal incidents and six thousand eight hundred eighty five related offenses that were motivated by bias against race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity. People might think the decisions they are making are best for humanity, but ignorance can lead them to make choices that negatively impact society. Hate and criminal activity are a just a couple of the major issues society has to deal with today. Every day there are people disrespecting and hurting others, even though it’s most likely completely unnecessary. When people have conflict or anger building with others, they sometimes feel it is necessary to take hateful or violent actions. When we get really angry towards someone or something, we make ourselves think that we are one hundred percent …show more content…
“By convincing themselves their behavior is moral, people can separate and disengage themselves from immoral behavior and its consequences” (Zenger n.pag.). Good intentions or not, The more you convince yourself you're right in your mind the more likely you are to take action. Life changing decisions can be made without the person really knowing what their consequences may be. Another really interesting way poor decisions can be made is because people are using old habits or teachings that may not be up caught up with the times. The main aspect of that concept is of course racism. People often protrude intense dialogue or actions against another race because they are possibly falling back into old habits. “Some people make poor decisions because they’re using the same old data or process they always have. (Zeneger n.pag.). This really illustrates how it is hard for people to see past what their brains were trained to think. Some people have been persuaded or have been