I had an extremely hard time wrapping my head around some of the conversation that was going on today. To discount someones views based soley on their age and lack of "life experience" is narrow-sighted and highly condescending. I've been around for two decades now, I've worked the 9-5 job, I've dealt with death and hard times. Now I understand the more you live, the more you learn, but this is far from the only requisite to knowledge and a sound understanding of a topic. Age does not always equal insight. I am a product of a generation becoming less and less prejudicial, and older individuals have a harder time grasping that. If anything, our opinion is even more valuable than that of an older person, because we are the start of what future race relations will be. My main point is that even though we've existed mainly through structured school systems, we still have a valid understanding of the world, should not be discounted on the basis of inexperience, and in some cases, have an even more valuable opinion due to our less bigoted outlook.
Samuel Roux - Post 2, Week 5
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