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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
But it is based on ignorance and prejudice.
He's using some experiences with some to judge others whom he has no experience with. That is textbook prejudice and ignorance.
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No it isn't.
From Dictionary.com:
Prejudice: an unfavourable opinion or feeling formed before hand
without knowledge, thought or reason.
His opinion is based on knowlege, such as the knowledge of all of the programs designed for natives and the knowledge of his past experiences.
It may be based on stats, and if he doesn't know the stats he lives in the culture that they are from, so he knows the trends. I do not want to write these stats down here, because i know people will attack me over it, but they do not paint aboriginals in a positive light. The type of experience that people have form their opinions and attitudes, and there are a higher proportions of negative experiences involving aboriginals than other groups in Canadian society.
It may be a poor attitude, but it's not baseless. The key is that he says he will give individuals the benefit of the doubt, and judge them as people.