An Interesting C-Train Ride

Yesterday I took the C-train down 7th Ave to my bus stop. The C-train is always crowded. As soon as I got on a young man said, "Would you like a seat?" I was surprised. He was the kind of young man you see all over Calgary. He wore loose baggy clothes. He had on a baseball cap and had earphones in his ears. What surprised me is that he was so polite. I guess I don't expect that from young people. So it made me think. Am I prejudiced against young people? (Do I judge them before they have a chance to show me who they are?) It is so easy to talk about other people's prejudice against us. But it's harder to discover our own prejudices. Do you know that many people are prejudiced against fat people? They believe that we are fat because we don't know how to control ourselves. It's not always true. They think we must be lazy or sloppy. Also not always true. I think we all need to stop judging each others and just start trying to get to know each other as human beings. What do you think?