Prejudice

The socialization process bascially says that a child will go by the belief's of their parents. I think that this is very true, a lot of poeple do have the same religion as their parents, at least in the early years of their life. When someone goes out on their own, then they will naturally take what they have learned, and form their own beliefs. This is the case most of the time, in my opinion. I think that prejudices start this way, because since our parents are usually the ones socializing the child, then the child is more likely to believe the parent. Think of it this way, if your mom told you not to talk to strangers, would you? No, becasue you know it's bad, that's always the case, parents usually do this in a manner to either make it sound like a minority s bad and that you are better. This absolutley disgusts me, I think it is the job of the parent to provided guidelines on how to make the right choices on their own. How do people think racism begins, it started with one generation, and the child hears about certain groups of people being "bad." That's all it takes for a child to inherit a parent's beliefs. So, it is inevitbe for a child not to grow up with most of their parents' beliefs instilled in them, but that is not to say that they will discover beliefs of their own along the way. The process of socialization does not explain where these ideas descend from, but how they are spread, which is mostly through a parent.