When I first starting reading this story, it actually made me sad to think about. But then I realized that I do the same thing as other people. When I’m walking alone at night, I always hold things close to my body and secured just in case anything would happen. I also stereotype certain people with either doing drugs, looking like a friendly person, a creepy person, etc. Although I know all of society does this and it comes naturally, it makes me feel horrible when I realized that some people are treated different. Especially because of their skin color. As I have gotten older and been around many different types of people (from different cultures and backgrounds), it makes me respect everyone for who they are. No one is perfect in the world and we know nothing about their life by just seeing them walk by. I can remember when I was younger and sitting on the subway in New York City, that an older black woman had white splotches of skin all over her arms. I remember sitting their staring at her arms thinking that something horrible happened to her or maybe she was half and half…yeah I know…I was dumb…but as I was sitting there, I was stereotyping the lady as a somewhat creepy old lady. It wasn’t until my step mom realized that I was staring that a snap out of thinking about who the lady was as a person. My step mom knew she had a skin disorder called Vitiligoes which I did a report on in anatomy 13 years later that we started talking to the women. She was actually an extremely nice woman and explained to me about her disease so I could better understand it. She was even understanding and nonjudgmental of me for staring at her arms…of course she knew I was early since I was sitting right next to her. From that day forward…I think I was about 5 or 6 at the time that I learned to always treat everyone with respect and to not judge people just based off looks. Although we live in a free country and everyone has the same rights, it is not always that way. People are judged and discriminated against everyday based off of their skin color, beliefs, sexual orientation, and many other things. It is just sad that our world has still not gotten over all the little things. I wish there was something we could do about it but I know that it would be an almost impossible situation to stop. All of us are guilty of judging people who we have never even met just based off of what they look like or what they wear. I hope that as time goes on, people will be more understanding of each other and expect everyone for who they are.