FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES (7)
Series: James
Stephen Whitney
James 2:1-7
In October 1999 the Atlanta Braves played the New Yankees in the World Series. One of the young relief pitchers for the Braves was John Rocker. Coming for the South it was quite a culture shock to experience what life was like in the big city.
He expressed his personal feelings about New York in an interview with Sports Illustrated magazine a couple of months later. He said, "Imagine having to take the number 7 subway train looking like you're in Beirut, Lebanon next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing."
He went on to say, "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How did they get into the country?
After the story came out, Rocker was suspended for one month and fined $20,000 by the commissioner of the league but the players association appealed and his penalty was reduced to a two-week suspension and a $500 fine.
Prejudice - is negative feelings or attitudes toward a group of people that are not based on fact but on preconceived ideas.
Stereotyping - is forming an opinion, idea or belief about a whole group of people which is usually negative and wrong because it is putting them into a group instead of viewing them as individuals.
Discrimination - is treating someone differently than everyone else because of their race, gender, religious beliefs, abilities or age.
It is a outward display of the prejudice you feel.
Racism - is an attitude a person has towards a certain group of people because they are different than themselves. They believe that their race is superior to all other races of people.
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Series: James
Stephen Whitney
James 2:1-7
In October 1999 the Atlanta Braves played the New Yankees in the World Series. One of the young relief pitchers for the Braves was John Rocker. Coming for the South it was quite a culture shock to experience what life was like in the big city.
He expressed his personal feelings about New York in an interview with Sports Illustrated magazine a couple of months later. He said, "Imagine having to take the number 7 subway train looking like you're in Beirut, Lebanon next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing."
He went on to say, "The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How did they get into the country?
After the story came out, Rocker was suspended for one month and fined $20,000 by the commissioner of the league but the players association appealed and his penalty was reduced to a two-week suspension and a $500 fine.
Prejudice - is negative feelings or attitudes toward a group of people that are not based on fact but on preconceived ideas.
Stereotyping - is forming an opinion, idea or belief about a whole group of people which is usually negative and wrong because it is putting them into a group instead of viewing them as individuals.
Discrimination - is treating someone differently than everyone else because of their race, gender, religious beliefs, abilities or age.
It is a outward display of the prejudice you feel.
Racism - is an attitude a person has towards a certain group of people because they are different than themselves. They believe that their race is superior to all other races of people.
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