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LOL! Yep. You don't know people until you know them.
This is synonymous with saying that one cannot ascertain the moral or social value of something or someone based on his or her outward appearance. Often, it is a nonliteral fixed expression used to advise people not only to separate themselves from relying solely on looks but also to avoid making hasty presuppositions based on their personal biases and knowledge of stereotypes and other overgeneralizations.
Despite this, cynicism and criticism are very much in existence, and, truth be told, our culture unfortunately thrives on judging others. Time and time again, society tends to use these exterior factors when forming first impressions of others’ psychological traits, threatening the stigmatized individual or cultural group to be a target of prejudice and discrimination. Consequently, those who have been negatively and erroneously judged experience discrimination in interpersonal relationships, the job market, the workplace, educational settings, politics, and the criminal justice system.
Additionally, it is regrettable to say that we very often and easily judge the quality or character of someone based on the color of his or her skin, weight, attire, age, or gender, incorrectly using these external factors to determine a person’s level of intelligence, attractiveness, affluence, orderliness, success, professionalism, aptitude, etc. And just as we have experienced with Susan Boyle from Britain’s Got Talent, we cannot exclusively depend on our reactions and thoughts upon initially seeing someone to assess their worth in today’s society. Similarly, we cannot rush to judgments in regards to the middle-aged Caucasian woman presented in the video above. Although her outward appearance says that she is a mature, urbane, and respectable adult on her way to work, coffee in hand and all, we soon realize the boisterous and wayward side of her, rhythmically in tune to the rap song playing in the background.
As frequently stated, appearances are deceiving; all that glitters is not gold.
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