Immigrants, Teenagers, The Beatles – Why All Groups Are Actually Imaginary

July 8th, 2020

By Estee Horn

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

“Don’t believe every thing you think.” – Byron Katie

Are you realistic?

We all want to be objective, to comprehend life accurately, make the most out of it, and always be composed, profound and enlightened. Yet, our emotions and misperceptions constantly attempt to get in our way and mess everything up. Our affection for our loved ones pleasantly blinds us, while our dislike of the people in the groups we despise blinds us much more. We keep ourselves from being as blind as other people, obviously, but we’re still not as unprejudiced as we wish ourselves to be.

We can’t help being emotional every now and then, though we know our irrationality damages our society and our lives. Yet, we can find out how our biases work, and how to avoid our idiocy as much as we can.

Because by understanding ourselves better, we can become wiser, better, people.

Yes. We can.

How Groups Are Made Up

Groups are created when people decide to distinguish some individuals, and draw imaginary lines to separate them from the others. These made-up dividers may be based on physical criteria like skin hues, on behaviors like sex partnerships, on beliefs, origins, or any other whims. However, whether the grouping is done by people in or out of the group, it’s always based on a narrow perception. It can never address the entire complicated character people regrettably have.

It’s much easier to judge a person by a specific criterion and not by knowing them deeply, which is what makes grouping so popular. Yet, focusing on one bunch of qualities and ignoring the whole picture demands ignorance of reality. Ignoring reality is something we, mankind, are so good at that we use to forget it’s still there. But reality is always there.

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