This short video is a reminder of how we judge people before we get to know them. Everyone is different and should be valued for who they are.
Labels are for cans, not for people
This short video is a reminder of how we judge people before we get to know them. Everyone is different and should be valued for who they are.
This is the type of video that I believe everyone should watch and learn from. Especially those that want to pursue a career that works with people. As a future social worker, I would hope that my colleagues would follow this motto.
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This was such an interesting experiment. We should definitely see more of these kinds of experiments more often. It was interesting to see how everyone viewed each other. I even found myself becoming surprised when I seen who the people were. Within this generation were so use to stereotyping and breaking away from that can be really hard for some. I really enjoyed this video and it I believe it would be interesting for everyone to see as well.
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I really enjoyed watching this video because it was great to see all different types of people interacting with one another. Nowadays you don’t really see different types of people just hanging out having a good time. These types of experiments should be done more often because that way people will learn to interact with others, rather than just people in their circle. We are too comfortable in our inner circle that we don’t try to open ourselves to making friends that are out of our culture. If this experiment would be done more often then maybe the racism would stop.
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I enjoyed this video so much! It is a video that everyone should watch and understand that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover and make assumptions. We tend to make an assumptions on people the first time we set on eyes on them. We have already created this persona about that person without even having one single word with them and we already think we know who they are. It is something that us humans tend to do without even thinking about it. Additionally, when we get to meet that person and they have proved us wrong about the assumptions we made about them we are shocked because we were wrong. It goes to show that we shouldnt judge people based on our own assumptions. As the video stated “Labels are for cans, not people” it is a great saying that we should drill in our mind.
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It’s interesting that this was an advertisement for Coca Cola Middle East and not for the North American branch of their business. While the message is great and impact, it should have been spread around the world, more than just during Ramadan and focused in the Middle East. We need to have these discussions more in the world and in our communities. Labels are detrimental to our society and can lead to immediate and long lasting consequences. My physical appearance, tattoos, ethnicity, or gender do not define who I am as a person. At the end of the day I’m a human, an English speaking person who is just another name on a blog posting. This is what led to the exponential growth of social media, people’s ability to portray to others how they saw themselves and being in control of their image. Like me for who I am, not what I look like. Enjoy the person and fun that I bring, not the color of my skin or physical appearance. Be the change in the world and acknowledge that while we are different and that’s what makes us unique; and while embracing our differences often leads us to our own self identity, we are all one race, the human race.
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Absolutely! I totally agree with you. My only comment is … if only…
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This was a beautiful video to watch, and it truly brought a smile on my face. Though it was short, it had incredible meaning behind it. We, and I speak for myself too, are so quick to judge. We judge simply based off of looks, or what we “think” of a person the first time we meet them or see them. Which takes us back to the idea of “judging a book by its cover”. I work in Pebble Beach, and growing up as a minority, I am quick to judge the individuals in which I encounter on a daily basis. I quickly think most guests are “stuck-up, prissy, rich white people”, before I have even had a conversation with them. But, I have learned that I should not be so quick to judge. Many of those guests that I saw, when I got the chance to talk to them, I learned that they were actually very nice. Though, that is not always the case. Seeing this video, helps to understand that we are all human, and we are all able to converse with one another if we are willing. Instead of being so quick to judge, if we take a step back and get to know the person, we may just find a new life long friend. We are all different, in looks, in skin tone, in ethnicity, in religion, but we are able to come together as one. If one is willing, instead of assuming, we can be totally amazed by the individual that we originally judged right off the bat.
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Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you were able to reflect on how your initial perceptions of people may have been incorrect. I believe we use our instincts to make decisions based on what we see and know or not know about groups of people. It’s up to us to unlearn this habit (to an extent) and begin to acknowledge how different people are, even within their group identities.
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