The Lookout
Kelley Gilmore
How Lack of Empathy Causes Bigotry Kelley T. Gilmore
The social injustices of the world can be due to the bigotry of certain individuals. If people thought in more perspectives than their own, then there would be a mutual understanding amongst them. If empathy were utilized, then people in the world would be better off. This is because bigotry would be absent within the presence of empathy. From injustices within the US political system to genocide abroad, societies would be civilized if empathy were chosen. How Lack of Empathy Causes Bigotry The revulsion for bigotry fuels the desire for new ideologies to arise that differ from the conservative values and traditions of the past that are still enforced in today’s society. Thinking with an open mind aids in this desire, as doing so allows for the provision of numerous perspectives that permit individuals to alter the way they view others. Empathy is the ability to understand, and therefore, is the driving force in individuals caring for one another and feeling sympathetic for others as well. The lack of empathy can “create a psychological starvation that can cause people to act in extremely destructive ways,” which can be seen throughout history ("Lack of empathy: Disorders, signs & causes," n.d.). The absence of empathy could be a likely reason why bigotry is prevalent in areas such as the United States (U.S.) politics and world history. As the prevalence of bigotry arises in the U.S.,
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communicate, and empathize with one another for society to progress positively and not crumble back into the state of Germany during World War Two (WWII). With the current state of the world, especially in the U.S., empathy could the social injustices that occur within societies. Bigotry in the U.S. government can be due to the progression of enmity between political parties. Political parties began to form due to the struggle over the ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787. at the time, ^ were the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists ("Formation of political parties - Creating the United States. Exhibitions - Library of Congress," 2008). Today, there of factions associated with the U.S. government, including the most common, Democratic and Republican parties. The two parties are very distinctive as Democrats believe more in liberal idealism Republicans, ^ believe in conservative values. These epithets were established to describe economic and political views and affiliations (“Conservative vs. liberal -
