On my way to work, I saw a very queer thing. There was this blind man begging outside a poor slum-like dwelling. He stood there begging till the lady of the house said something and he moved ahead. Its a funny thing that I didn't expect the beggar to get anything from that house. At the same time, I also wondered why this man was begging from house to house in that locality ? I mean, had he been doing the same where the affluent reside, he would have made himself some money to buy a good breakfast in a short while.
The point is - the blind man can't see. He obviously doesn't know whom he's begging before ? He can't differentiate between the rich and the poor by just hearing their voices. And I don't think the rich smell different either ? Pretty cool eh. All the way till work, this thought kept criss-crossing my mind - how does the blind man judge people ? Or does he not judge them at all ?
3 Comments:
very interesting. maybe he was driven away by the cops in the more affluent areas ... ?
safe to say that most of our stereotypes are because what we see?
A blind man or a blind beggar ?
A blind beggar, certainly from what/how much money he gets from the person.
Interesting point to ponder on ....
But am sure that spending life as a blind, life's bitter experiences will definately teach oneself to differentiate between rich and the poor, may it be smell or the voice or the locality or simply the aura.
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