Prejudice born at an early age

[cheptabkoret]

Way back down the line.... I always remember my hey days in high school... the other day i aws recalling the way students classified themselves into classes.. there were those born tao and the df's, there were some clubs which were excusively reserved for who is who (drama club??????), there were games that not every tom, dick and harry, or jane, mary and sophie could juz play, there were the daughter's of so and so...

And i remeber some student's wasting themselves so hard to fit... of course in most of the time at the expense of education. My question? who instils in such young children the art of discrimination????
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[altoo]

thanks for bringing that issue up cheptabkoret ...coz it deserves a good debate.....k, this is what i happen to think, all kids, no matter what race or tribe, are born the same, equal before their own eyes till the adults start telling them they are better than their peers right about age five. .....that's when prejudice is planted on these kids' minds and they grow up the rest of the way thinking that they are better human beings just coz their parents are richer, live in better neighborhoods, drive a bigger and/or better car, have a lighter skin, or are of a different race (see caucasians, latino then black), for those of us living in the states.....Having said that, I strongly suggest that we must fight prejudice by teaching our kids what Dr. Martin Luther King taught us that "INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE" and that the ideal world which we all should strive for is one where all human beings are judged on the basis of their character as opposed to the color of their skin..... that's an ideal world i hope i will see in my lifetime....i WON'T HOLD HOLD MY BREATH THOUGH .........it's that simple
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[cheptabkoret]

here in kenya... children learn at an early age the wealth divide.. suprisingly i find the teachers abetting this crime, since most teachers usually favour children from the rich. During my hey days in school, it was at the worst of moi's tyranny rule... and we had parents who were so powerful, they could sack a teacher with a mere telephone call to state house.
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