Trinity's thoughts and opinions

Topic of prejudice many conversations and points can stem from it. Before watching the video the English modulate states that professor Bloom believes "that prejudice is normal and can actually be beneficial" which I never thought of until now. Up until that statement, I always associated prejudice with a negative connotation especially since I am an African American young woman I have always kept an eye out for the preconceived stereotypes people may have about the culture and ethnicities I associate with. But to think that prejudice could be something that we are all born with and possibly beneficial to our existence has never settled and processed in my thoughts. When thinking it over it makes sense due to the human body always wanting to make sure it is self and protect itself in any way possible but I think the act of being prejudiced still differs greatly from a natural body protector such as fight or flight. To be prejudiced and have it be beneficial is something I wou...

 The human need to be social creatures is something that I think is built into our DNA and the basics of survival. I believe this is due to most aspects that make a human, human, are the continuous and different relationships that come with interactions- people are a combination of everyone they've ever met. Along with humans being social creatures, bring isolation into the topic and there are no other people to learn and grow from resulting in the expected results of anxiety and depression.  When watching the videos I was only able to watch one due to an upload issue but the video I did watch informed me I would think just as well. The video was "Evolution explains kindness-even when it kills us" by Paul Bloom which discussed Darwinianism and the kindness of strangers. Along with those themes were how if in any need of help people seem to have the instinct to do so. A reason for this is when bloom mentioned that when an injustice is happening whether near or far "fr...