Prejudices and adjusting to differences

>insecurities.  Presenting to us our worst fears of
what we would never want to have to face, let
Prejudices are created out of the inability toalone deal with everyday.  We fear confrontation
accept change and difference.with others, an inability to understand and
Life is but a myriad of structures which we orderconfusion.  Mostly we like order and structure
to feel comfortable within our own personaland when new and unusual things come into play
environment and for various survival reasons. they make for disruption in our solid lives that
We associate our relationship with the worldhave a flow set to our approval. 
through our bodies and the structures and rulesThis is when prejudices come into play.  That is
that we live by as a guiding pattern for life. after fear, discomfort and inability to feel
These structures embody cultural and ethicalcomfortable within new experiences.  We pick at
philosophies as well as physical qualities that wethings like vultures hungry to get to the bottom
seek to uphold to, all of which we have becomeof things in order to make life flow on as
extremely familiar with.  They encompassnormal.  It is important to know everything, to
everyday actions, people, things and places thatput it into a bundle or package with a label in
we come into contact with. order to reason it in our lives.  We then identify
When we live within these set structures that weourselves as culturally different and say we are
associate with as our identity, we continuethis and that, set labels to identify our own
without discomfort when all seems normal andidentity in relationship with the world around us. 
unchanging.  It is only the times when newWe might make jokes in order to feel
experiences, people and places are beingcomfortable, to make light of the discomfort in
introduced to us that we feel uncomfortable andorder to overlook our own insecurities and
indifferent about the things being presenteddissatisfaction.  It is still just another way to
before us.  It can create either a curiosity ofavoid the discomfort issues at hand than to face
interest or instead a retaliation of discomfortwhat is new and learn to become accustomed to
when new experiences are undertaken.  Weit. 
often start the comparing game, and try to findWe all know that over time things become normal
all the things that are strange about what we arewhen it is seen on a daily basis.  Allowing time to
seeing.  We are looking at the differencesadjust is one of the first ways in which to deal
between our set lives to the new reality beingwith difference and avoiding the aggressive acts
shown before us.of prejudices.  Prejudices really are just our own
These things can include adjustments to newinability to cope with change and wanting to make
houses, people, cultures or places.  The first thingourselves feel better within a space of newness,
that is evident is the differences between thecreating a series of set personal insecurities. 
individuals or events taking place.  Whether thatQuestioning why we feel so negative towards a
includes color of skin, language, personality ornew environment or new people is a way to
physical features we seek to find all the thingsresolve our own discomfort.  Facing it is also a
that set us apart from others in order to justifygood way in which to make it familiar and to see
our own personal identity.  This also includesit for what it really is, only but a new
physical places and things, when comparing oldexperience. 
comforts with new lifestyle. Whether we decide to see difference as good or
As cultures we isolate ourselves within setbad is an individual choice and personal
philosophies on how to order life and live withinperception.  It does not matter how new things
rules that constitute our own idealistic society. are approached they will still need to be
We say that we are a certain nationality, with aconfronted, especially when they continue to be
set language, set beliefs and even ethicalaround us everyday.  Facing it with an open mind
philosophies to which we feel we must abide by. and interest makes for a better understanding of
When we then see other people living verythe experiences being presented to us, giving us
differently to our own reasoning a conflict beginsthe ability to see it as a part of the whole. 
to arise.Avoidance only leads to more and more
This conflict often begins first with avoiding or notdiscomfort and only furthers our isolation and
willing to see what is different.  In some casesinability to resolve the new issues at hand. 
avoidance can work for a very long time, butGradually over time these insecurities build up to a
eventually we are faced again with the issuepoint that we are faced with the things we fear
when it comes back into play.  Like for instancewhether we like it or not, sometimes causing
the difference between two entirely differentexchange of anger and inability to resolve
cultures.  Now that we have such a globalpersonal differences.  Only when we begin to
society we are more and more confronted withaccept change and difference will we then find the
new and different people with their own setexperiences as common and normal without
values and upbringing.  We see their language,having any impact on us anymore, leading to a
their lifestyles and reality as completely strange tomuch more open, enhanced and comfortable life,
our own experienced.  When communicationwith more options in which to identify ourselves
problems come into play between both cultureswith. 
then this is where the problem begins.Learning to accept change is the doorway to
The worst thing for a person is to not beopening up more opportunity to learn and
understood.  We all value our own opinion andexperience through difference.  Prejudices only
contribution to society and when it comes toshow our inability to feel comfortable with change,
differences it is at these times that we can findsuppressing our ability to move on to new
scenarios that confront our own deephorizons and experiences.