I'm sure a lot of you would have watched or at least heard about this show. Identity is about the contestant being introduced to 12 strangers and he/she is supposed to match an occupation, hobby, age etc. each of which only applies to one in the 12.I feel that it is a show that can break stereotypes, change personal constructs and perceptual sets. And it teaches us not to judge people so quickly or to label them based on what we see though i am not saying first impressions do not count at all. It's actually human nature to draw conclusions (nature of the tribe) but what i am trying to say is we should take time to revise our impressions as and when necessary and actually make an effort to know someone more in order to do that revision. There was a particular episode that i'll never forget because they introduced such a unique personality- a nuclear physicist who looked like a biker complete with long hair, huge moustache, leather jacket, the works. It was really awesome! because for me it was like "take that world!"
i do not like it when people judge others based on the littlest things like tatoos, smoking, long hair, dyed hair, piercings, metal music!!!! etc.. (i mean seriously, come on!!) One of my favourite television shows is Miami Ink, even LA ink (because i LOVE Kat Von De! and Chris Garver haha and btw Chris is coming to Singapore soon. woots!) and shows like that give you an inside peek into people's heads and allows you new perspectives. I strongly suggest people watch them! and i do not like it when people listen to some of the songs that i really like and start saying "OMG you're suicidal! the song's so explicit and disgusting. Why do u even like it?" etc etc.. get over it. In my perspective i think it's nice and i see it at a deeper level. That's all. I think sometimes we all should make an effort to respect each other's views.
Think about it =)
posted by RanPer @ 8:06 AM
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I love watching 'Identity' and 'LA Ink' too. Cool! It is indeed interesting how people can judge a person's job based on their physical appearance and their name. This is like the first episode of Survivor: Gabon where the 2 oldest persons had to select team members based soley on their name, physical appearance and job.
I'm sure when one sees someone on the show who has piercings, tatoos and a mohawk, they would automatically categorise the person as part of a gang, rock band or even worse, a drug addict and associating them with jobs that involves such things. This is an example of a very common stereotype. It is pretty sad that people usually find it hard to look beyond first impressions. Like you said, it is true that it is only human nature to judge. Hopefully such shows will allow people to be more open-minded and realise how difficult it is to draw accurate conclusions based on first impressions.
I don't watch tv. So what does that make me?
Please advise.
i think that the inability to accept people who differ from our set prototypes stems from our conservative asian culture. aka being closed minded.
we are a sheltered lot. parents excessively sheltering their children from all forms of experience, children living with their parent past 30, and governments doing everything for us.
being closed minded means we are not able to accept new experiences, or the fact that people will always differ from the prototypes that exists in our heads.
Zed, i disgree.
the Salem witch hunts in the early 15th century is a case in point; i think it is a general human tendency to close ranks against the different.
however, i agree with your comment that asians, by virtue of their sense of family togetherness, can be a protected bunch.
singaporeans do not realise how good they have it.
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