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Why Is It Wrong To Judge People
Although we say it would be wrong to judge them, our society judges people of different social status’. Our society has grown to take one look at someone and judge them for what gender they, what their skin color is, and what religion they follow. These are some of the things that should not be judged by people because either they were born that way or they choose to follow that religion. Lastly, it is wrong to judge people for the way that they live or how they were born.

If someone is a religion (other than yours) you should not judge them for the way they live their lives. There are people who hate Christians, Muslims or Jews like in Night the Nazis have a prejudiced mindset towards the Jews (Wiesel whole book). This shows that any person can judge other people. There are some people that think all Islamic people are terrorists this is not true because maybe your neighbor is a Muslim or someone at your school or job. Some Americans are even Muslims, This proves that even though you may not agree with their religion, you can still be friends or acquaintances with
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Have you ever looked at a black person with ripped, and dirty clothes and thought that they live in a shabby old house in the ghetto? This is wrong, because you are judging they way that they live they may not have as large of a salary as you do, they may be a single parent or have no income. Like in To Kill a Mockingbird the black community is quite nice, but the people of Maycomb resent them because they are black and not white (Lee whole book). Another example of people judging black people is on prom night in Mississippi there is a girl who has a black boyfriend and her father does not like her dating him because he is black (prom night n. pag.). In conclusion, when you see a person of a different race you should not judge them for stereotypes placed on them by

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