Every day, every person gets a different opinion and attitudes towards the world around them. Our opinions about ideas, opinions, events, people or objects contribute in a great way in the way we live and socialize with each other. It is essential to learn about the different types of attitude and the way they influence our day-to-day behaviors.
There exist two difference t types of attitudes at different ranks. The first one being the explicit attitude. This type of attitude is made intentionally. The other kind of attitude is the implicit, which is formed by individuals and are only known to them (Greenwald et al., 2015). One day I happened to go out with my friend. A friend joined us, and he was wearing a Manchester United jersey. Manchester United has always been my best team and just like this new friend because of that jersey. I quickly started a friendly conversation with him. From my attitude perspective, I knowingly noticed the jersey and it already stuck my mind that I could freely get along with the new friend. This is an excellent example of an explicit attitude.
In another scene, my friends and I went out. I noticed some tall strangers around us, but I never meet them. I talked freely with my friends, but I was uncomfortable talking to these strangers. My friends noticed it and asked what was wrong. These strangers reminded me of a robbery that had happened in our home. They resembled those robbers. My attitude towards these strangers made me feel uncomfortable. However, this attitude was unknowingly formed. It was there, but I could not let it out to anyone.
Educating People on these biases helps to respect people and not to jump into conclusion any time. These biases also affect how human beings interact with one another (Glaser et al., 2008). For example, white people have unwelcoming behavior towards black people. They will always sit far from them and frown all the time in their presence.
Conclusion
Racism and biasness cause more harm than good. We need to encourage people to act on their mindful social equality. They should also create a broader alliance for collective fairness effort.
References
Glaser, J., " Knowles, E. D. (2008). Implicit motivation to control prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44(1), 164-172.
Greenwald, A. G., Banaji, M. R., " Nosek, B. A. (2015). Statistically small effects of the Implicit Association Test can have societally large effects. Journal of personality and social psychology, 108 (1), 553-561.
