There are more than seven billion people in the world today who come from different religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and many other things that make them unique and different from each other. Unfortunately, a majority of people receive those who are different with a negative attitude that is not understanding or accepting of their differences. Rather than trying to learn or understand what makes a person different, humans are quick to judge or ignore those who do not provide a normal, comfortable situation. This can be seen today in the way society receives people who have a mental health conditions. Since mental health is not an issue that is as familiar to people as the common cold, people remain cautious and have trouble understanding and accepting mental health issues for what they are. It is the people’s ignorance in this situation of difference that causes them to react in the way they do.
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When people who are used to being in a position where they are seen as smart or educated, are introduced to something or someone that is different and unfamiliar, it forces them to be on the same level as everyone else. This causes people to want to put those who are different them in a situation in which they might feel vulnerable and uncomfortable. They do this through speaking about them or to them in a condescending manner. Hippocrates is a prime example of someone who does this while he is describing the people of Asia and Egypt in his book Air, Waters, and Places. The people are different than him in culture and appearance and as a result he describes the Asiatic people as “inconsiderate” and “feeble,” and the Egyptians as having shapes that are “gross and fleshy, with ill-marked joints, of a humid temperament, and deficient in tone: the internal cavities, and especially those of the intestines, are full of humors” (37 and 43). These descriptions diminish and demean the
When people who are used to being in a position where they are seen as smart or educated, are introduced to something or someone that is different and unfamiliar, it forces them to be on the same level as everyone else. This causes people to want to put those who are different them in a situation in which they might feel vulnerable and uncomfortable. They do this through speaking about them or to them in a condescending manner. Hippocrates is a prime example of someone who does this while he is describing the people of Asia and Egypt in his book Air, Waters, and Places. The people are different than him in culture and appearance and as a result he describes the Asiatic people as “inconsiderate” and “feeble,” and the Egyptians as having shapes that are “gross and fleshy, with ill-marked joints, of a humid temperament, and deficient in tone: the internal cavities, and especially those of the intestines, are full of humors” (37 and 43). These descriptions diminish and demean the