By Lizette Garcia
Everyday we make assumptions about what we see, but do we realize the pain we are causing on the person? Assumptions can cause people to feel like they don’t belong to or fit in a community.
Assumptions are opinions you have towards a person, based on perception and guessing. It’s like taking a trip to anticipating getting there in about half an hour, but it’s just a guessing game.
When we receive insults, it's more than just words because it affects how we see ourselves. Propaganda is at fault for this due to media showing us images men and women dressed in elegant clothing that most people can’t afford.
For example, when we see a model on TV, we see her long, blond hair curled up with a nice body figure. We see this and it's like people want to have expectations about the way we should look. That’s how we start judging others and put people in categories based on their race, sexual orientation, economic status, and other personal information.
A common assumption people have had about me has to do with my race. My friend once asked me, “Hey, I don’t want to be rude, but are you white?” In that moment, I didn’t care much about it since it was not the first time someone incorrectly assumed my race. But it had bothered me before.
When I first heard this in middle school, it hurt me deeply. I actually asked my parents why I didn’t look like my other Mexican friends, since they all had darker skin color than me. This assumption at first affected me negatively, but ended positively since I started to think more about my roots and how many ancestors I might have in my blood and a having a little characteristic of my past relatives. Over time I have accepted my skin and what others may think of me. I have always been proud of my Mexican roots.
According to Zaldy Doyungan from the The Collegian, “When you assume that people have only none ethnicity or culture based on how they look, you invariably neglect a large chunk of who they are - other ethnicities they posses, other cultures they identify with, and other traditions they practice.”
People chirping like birds behind our backs always gives us gut feeling and make us believe that they are talking negatively about us. Once I heard a group talking behind my back my body felt bright red like a tomato color. Inside me I felt a bomb exploding not of anger but of embarrassment, I don’t remember exactly what they were saying but I didn't feel comfortable at all.
It affects me when people assume that I am not feminine enough. Apparently, liking sports makes me seem masculine, but to tell you the truth my clothing says nothing about me.
I never understood why people would put a gender in clothing if some people feel more comfortable wearing their own type of style. It makes us feel comfortable for who we are.
People who make comments about others don’t know what we are actually going through. I have always believed that assumptions are like a form of judgement. Our bodies have an impact when we receive the negativity of others even though they don’t mean to hurt your feelings.
Crystal Arquero, a junior from Oak Grove High School said, “Sometimes it hurts you to the point that it makes you depressed.”
Once in elementary school, people made assumptions that I didn't want to be friends with them because I’m a more serious person. Apparently being serious makes others feel uncomfortable and scared of me. But they were all wrong because I am simple and kind that you will feel comfortable to be around me. I have also been shy which doesn’t have nothing to do with a serious person.
“Assumptions that I have made are about people before even talking to them,” said Jared Garcia, a junior from Yerba Buena High School.
It’s natural for us to make up ideas in our minds to relate to the other person even though it’s not true. But let's be careful with our words because sometimes we don’t know how the other person would feel.
I believe people have lost the importance to just accept everyone and never assume about someone. It’s better of to know the person by listening to what they have to say. We all have a different story that nobody can edit, which makes us unique.
Assumptions are opinions you have towards a person, based on perception and guessing. It’s like taking a trip to anticipating getting there in about half an hour, but it’s just a guessing game.
When we receive insults, it's more than just words because it affects how we see ourselves. Propaganda is at fault for this due to media showing us images men and women dressed in elegant clothing that most people can’t afford.
For example, when we see a model on TV, we see her long, blond hair curled up with a nice body figure. We see this and it's like people want to have expectations about the way we should look. That’s how we start judging others and put people in categories based on their race, sexual orientation, economic status, and other personal information.
A common assumption people have had about me has to do with my race. My friend once asked me, “Hey, I don’t want to be rude, but are you white?” In that moment, I didn’t care much about it since it was not the first time someone incorrectly assumed my race. But it had bothered me before.
When I first heard this in middle school, it hurt me deeply. I actually asked my parents why I didn’t look like my other Mexican friends, since they all had darker skin color than me. This assumption at first affected me negatively, but ended positively since I started to think more about my roots and how many ancestors I might have in my blood and a having a little characteristic of my past relatives. Over time I have accepted my skin and what others may think of me. I have always been proud of my Mexican roots.
According to Zaldy Doyungan from the The Collegian, “When you assume that people have only none ethnicity or culture based on how they look, you invariably neglect a large chunk of who they are - other ethnicities they posses, other cultures they identify with, and other traditions they practice.”
People chirping like birds behind our backs always gives us gut feeling and make us believe that they are talking negatively about us. Once I heard a group talking behind my back my body felt bright red like a tomato color. Inside me I felt a bomb exploding not of anger but of embarrassment, I don’t remember exactly what they were saying but I didn't feel comfortable at all.
It affects me when people assume that I am not feminine enough. Apparently, liking sports makes me seem masculine, but to tell you the truth my clothing says nothing about me.
I never understood why people would put a gender in clothing if some people feel more comfortable wearing their own type of style. It makes us feel comfortable for who we are.
People who make comments about others don’t know what we are actually going through. I have always believed that assumptions are like a form of judgement. Our bodies have an impact when we receive the negativity of others even though they don’t mean to hurt your feelings.
Crystal Arquero, a junior from Oak Grove High School said, “Sometimes it hurts you to the point that it makes you depressed.”
Once in elementary school, people made assumptions that I didn't want to be friends with them because I’m a more serious person. Apparently being serious makes others feel uncomfortable and scared of me. But they were all wrong because I am simple and kind that you will feel comfortable to be around me. I have also been shy which doesn’t have nothing to do with a serious person.
“Assumptions that I have made are about people before even talking to them,” said Jared Garcia, a junior from Yerba Buena High School.
It’s natural for us to make up ideas in our minds to relate to the other person even though it’s not true. But let's be careful with our words because sometimes we don’t know how the other person would feel.
I believe people have lost the importance to just accept everyone and never assume about someone. It’s better of to know the person by listening to what they have to say. We all have a different story that nobody can edit, which makes us unique.