Past What Your Eyes Can See

In a world where we judge people based on their appearances, any type of equality has been destroyed and thrown away. Whether we realize it or not, the moment we lay eyes on a person, we are automatically evaluating their size, appearance, height, or weight. Such is the case for Pecola, when people instinctively deem her ugly or ignore her based off her appearance and her race. Before her baby is ever seen or born, people call it "the ugliest thing walking" solely based off the fact that Pecola is black and her appearance is as a result,"ugly".

While you may deny judging people based upon appearances, it happens unconsciously for everyone. This is how stereotypes exist. By categorizing a person based on appearance or in this case race, we make generalizations or assumptions that society assume to be true.

Think about it. If exactly two people acted the same exact way, spoke the same words, we would still have different opinions about them based on how they are dressed or what they look like.

I remember reading about a survey not too long ago. The survey showed two different faces and asked people which person they were more likely to trust based on their faces. People overwhelming deemed one face more trustworthy because it had less imposing eyebrows or bigger eyes. When such trivial matters factor into determining a person's character traits, maybe we should question what we see.

And maybe we should start seeing with our hearts, instead of our eyes.