We humans are good at stereotyping people, because of their choices, culture or lifestyle. We create an image and we believe in it
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When it comes to veganism, what is the image that comes to mind? That image, the way you believe the person lives, the tastes, the choices, the lifestyle, that image is the stereotype. In the same way we stereotype people from other countries, we do so with vegans.
When we were just kids from the neighborhood who didn’t follow a lot more political issues, human rights, animal rights, the environment, these tapes, we had a very wrong image of vegetarians.
What we need to understand is that this stereotype is not a reality, this is our creation, very much influenced by what we normally see.
And the image of veganism conveyed by the media permeates a lot of people’s imaginations, something that surrounds celebrities and “gratitude” people. Something esoteric, aimed at those with money, who eat organic apples and are aware of the reality of the world, of the difficulties and social implications.
Every movement is different and all cultures, religions and societies are different, but particularly when it comes to political movements, there are strands, people and people. It is a bit limited on our part to believe in an image and to think that it is all.
Whenever we tell someone we are vegan, they interpret us based on stereotypes and we are totally out of what people think of a vegan.
It is very common for people to associate vegan people with incense, exotic foods, yoga or people who love animals and don’t like people, people who hug trees and don’t use plastic. Although there are vegan people who like all this, it is not true that most are vegan or that this is a rule, quite the contrary.
If there is one thing we have learned it is that the world is different and stereotypes make us have a limited way of thinking about certain topics, we freeze people without delving into them.
There is a story with a friend inside the bus, who had a completely distorted and stereotyped view of veganism, he was a brother studying with us.
When he ran into me on the bus, he said he saw us on TV and said we didn’t eat meat, and asked several questions and even made a biased speech, saying there was a girl at work who didn’t eat. eat meat, and said the staff at work, she freaked out a lot.
But best of all, we had time to talk, we were on the same bus for about 40 minutes. Along the way, we exchanged ideas and explained some points about our beliefs and motivations to him.
At the end of the trip, arriving at the terminal, he hugged me and said he didn’t know anything about what we talked about all the way and that he learned a lot and would connect more.
It was a very enriching experience for both of us, a true and respectful exchange, which led to a lot of learning, where I had the opportunity to demystify veganism for a childhood friend who was totally out of this world and to show that the way we think, in an often biased way, is just a lack of information.
We know it’s impossible to delve into everything and stereotypes help us save energy, so we’re tirelessly trying to debunk some myths and break this stigma of middle-class veganism.
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Source: Terra
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