We, who interpret things Heavenly, by the things Earthly, must not hope to juggle with them for our pleasures, and can look to no absolution of corrupt acts. I am protected by my isolation, alone of my superior kind, in close touch with Nature, that keeps faith on such easy terms with my love. However, a dog in the manger jealousy is a thing the dogs may laugh at. There is a reason to suspect that people are waning to decay and ruin the moment that their life becomes fascinating either in the poet’s imagination or the painter’s eye. I was at the State Capitol Castle, I was talking to angels and taking pictures, and touring the castle and picking up trash off the clean floors. I was also looking for coffee. I felt like a kid in a really big house, I felt at peace, loved and respected. Well, I heard two or three comments I did not like. One about Black people, and a few nasty remarks from the kids; at that time, my mind was blank. Nothing was on my mind, I was just exploring, and looking to see beautiful things. The evidence that supports the thoughts of looking for beautiful things were my actions; I was respectful and mostly took photographs of things I liked. I saw some unusual things outside of the castle, which is why I went inside. The people outside of the Capitol Castle tend to be in distress and annoying, and they talk about the same things over and over, and only say negative things. 

 Nothing is every resolved, it is like the people in Capitol Terrance like dirt, gossip, slander, and chaos, but it is not limited to this to this building, but it is mostly in here. Well, when I go to other places, like the Winchester Mansion, Hearst Castle, or the Capitol Castle, life is beautiful and as it should be, the people say nice things. I do not know that people are nice all the time, in other locations, but if they have nothing nice to say, they do not speak. I feel a lot of good vibes. Well, the only thing to contradict the thought that it is all good is I hit my thigh and that hurt, but that was my fault because I was so focused on all of the beautiful things and nice people. If my best friend thought the people in the Capitol Castle were nice, I would agree. I wish that my life was beautiful, and I could afford to live in a Victorian mansion, or a castle that is clean, peaceful, good fragrances, nice decoration and nice beings. Well, my life is perfect, but some of the people in my life, who keep saying bad things about me and harassing me need to be removed. I want my car perfect, my house perfect, and my body and mind to be healed. And that is possible. I only want to hear good things, and see good people and smiles. And I met some lovely people on the way back to my apartment, a nice lady and a little boy, with platinum blonde hair, and another baby with blonde, short hair and blue eyes, and then I met a nice man with blonde hair and blue eyes and he was talk and masculine.  

 However, there is a lot of chaos and conflict at 1820 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, California 95811, and I would like to request more uniform officers in and around this building because the manager does not enforce the terms of the lease and they are putting people’s health in danger. For example, I have a, allergy to latex, and the people in this building from Christmas of 2013, until 13 April 201 kept hanging latex balloons outside of my door and I am allergic to the balloons. If I come in contact with latex, the latex can kill me by shutting down my respiratory system, which means I would die. And I have told the management, and they do not care. Nonetheless, the terms of the lease state we are not to hang anything in the hallways (common areas) of the building, but the management will not comply with the lease, which is putting my life in danger. I could not breathe, and it felt like my nose was going to fall off. My chest was hurting. Not only that, but I have also been serious problems with these people assaulting me. I have been choked and my spine was fractured in this building because someone pushed me on the ground, and I have pictures, documents, medical records to back up my claims. I am asking that you please more uniformed officers in Midtown Sacramento, and monitor Capitol Terrace, at 1820 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, California 95811 very closely.

  I talked to an officer, and he said that he has also had problems with Capitol Terrace, he explained to me that he came over in plain clothes and people tried to fight him, he was alone and there are about 100 people, and 20 dogs that live in this building. There are nine floors, and three apartments, and a computer lab, lobby and kitchen, laundry room, and two bathrooms, as well as two offices on the first floor. The second, through ninth floor have 10 apartments, five on each side of the north and south of the building. There are also about three utility rooms on each floor, and they are marked or have a blank door, each apartment unit is numbered. It is like there is some kind of cult, in this building, which is out to do harm, in this building. Senile jealousy is anxious to be deceived, and I want to feel safe and secure in my home, vehicle, and person. Too often, in this building, jealousy is the quality upon which it feeds. As you know, jealousy us a familiar kind of heat which disfigures, licks playfully, clouds, blackens, and boils a man as a fire does a pot.

Sincerely,

Randolph T. Harris Jr.

No one can worship God or love his or her neighbor on an empty stomach. Gulliver was a doctor in the city of London. He grew tired of the crowed city, though, and decided to take a trip on a ship. He wanted to journey to distant lands, and see many different people and things, he was not running away. He had no idea that his voyage would take him to strange places that cannot be found on any maps. Sailing through the East Indies, the ship hit a terrible storm. Gulliver and five other sailors have to leave the sinking ship behind. They climbed into a small boat and dropped it into the stormy sea. At the mercy of the violent waves, the boat twisted and turned until suddenly it flipped over. The men and women tried to swim against the waves, but the water swallowed up Gulliver and his shipmates. Physiological needs are very powerful because survival depends on their satisfaction. Sometimes when our needs are not being met or we are not being respected, we can feel like Gulliver, metaphorically drowning in life.  In the area of human relations, we find generalizations going on all the time. And while we can sit back and say it is unscientific or silly, nonetheless, it goes on, and it is the cause for a lot of serious conflicts between people. When we generalize about someone, apply that attitude to people like him, and use that generalization, as the image or symbol for the whole group, that is stereotyping. Generalizing is a handy way of lumping things together for easy reference; we all do it at one time, or another. Sometimes generalizations can be good. For example, if you have a good experience with German cars, you may say all German cars are good automobiles. However, many people use generalizations in a negative way, to hurt people they do not know or like.

Some may even fall into the easy temptation of identifying all members of a particular ethnic or racial or career group or gender by the oversimplified symbols of a stereotype. According to common usage in this country, Irishmen all are pretty much alike: have red hair, speak with a deep brogue, are catholic, love shamrocks and the color green, and like to enjoy life and freedom. Suppose you are a young man of non-American heritage, and every time you have to deal with a subject in English, you first have to think it through in your native, because in your home no English is spoken. You may take seconds longer to formulate your words or answer questions. Some who do not know about your language problem may immediately assume you are being slow, stupid, stubborn, or militant. All these assumptions have at one time or another, been stereotypes of those who are not native to America. So international people, in America, must deal not only with their own language barriers, but also with the ignorance or insensitive of the Americans they run into every day. Stereotypes often perform a psychological service for the stereotype.  Sometimes people want to stereotype you so that they can control you or force you into certain situations. Also, stereotypes are creations of an entire society or nation, and they perform the function of building up the national feeling through putting down another nation or group. Such behavior is not really intentional cruelty, ignorance, or hostility to the other groups or nations, though it certainly may be unenlightened or narrow-minded.

For a community of gold miners to share a common belief that some workers are all slow, insidious, treacherous opium smokers, probably had the effect of giving the gold miners (stereotypes) a certain sense of community and justifying the ridiculously low wages they are paid the imported laborers, “coolie wages” regardless of how unfair and false the stereotype was. Some of our social perceptions actually cause people to act in certain ways. If I expect a young man to be crafty, cunning, sly, and inscrutable, I am interact with him I such a way that these are the behaviors he actually shows, which is called a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some women play a submissive, domesticated, naïve part because they know that their husbands expect it. Or they may be afraid to act independent because they think they need husbands for support. So, gritting their teeth, they swallow their more liberated tendencies and play Dumb Dora. Why? Because sometimes men feel insecure around women, or others they view as inferior, who are actually brighter. Today’s woman, and who were once marginalized, somewhat freed from such stifling attitudes about their intelligence professional skills, is willing to run the risk of letting some people’s expectations down in order to be oneself. Others, who are in society, may play dumb, incompetent, or weak if they believe this to be the most advantageous position. For some, who are looked at as inferior, freedom to be equal and compete with mainstream society may be perceived as too threatening, even by some women, who are in power. 

 To be liberated, whether you do it alone or as part of a movement, takes a great deal of courage. Sadly, with the passing of time, the oath of office has become perfunctory. It has lost its meaning to many of our elected leaders. It is hoped that this publication will awaken a desire within the inhabitants of this publication will awaken a desire within the inhabitants of this nation to restore to the Constitution the eminence given it by our Founders, that we may as a nation be blessed with continued freedom, security and happiness. Adherence to the spirit and intent of our Constitution is so important to our Founding Fathers, but many of these new Americans have no idea what the Constitution of the United States of America is. Nonetheless, they think it is cute to replace people who were better than them and then hurt and abuse you when you are struggling. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. In one in which the measures of government receive their impression so immediately from the sense of the people, as in ours, it is essential. In proportion as the structure of a government gives forces to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.

A prejudice is usually a vagrant opinion without visible means of support. It is troublesome when you cannot filter out unwanted sensations. It is pain to have static on your car radio or to get through life when you have someone bombarding you with threatening letters and phone calls over a six-month period. These sensation and perceptions can work against each other. Not only do you have competing sensations to wade through and sort out, but you may also have to compete with your own expectations. Jeri was hungry as she drove home from work. Her stomach growled and she found her mouthwatering. As she tried to keep her eyes focused on the road and the traffic, she found them wandering to billboards portraying, in living color, barbecued steaks sizzling on the grill, hamburgers and French fries. The music on the car radio stopped and the announcer told her about how $18.81 could get her a steak and lobster, at Fitzgibble’s luxury restaurant. Soon, she hears very little music and began only to hear food commercials. Soon, she heard very little music (Aaliyah – One in a Million) and began to only hear food commercials. She saw little of the other billboards, but never missed one advertising food, milk, ice cream, or a well-dressed couple eating by candlelight.

 Chuck was a new employee, unsure of himself in his new job. His insecurity made him very sensitive to any comments about his performance. He found himself listening to the conversations of his fellow workers and managers. He waited for somebody to talk about him, and any time his name was mentioned—whatever the topic of conversation—he “heard” it as an evaluation of him as a person and a worker. He found his sensitivities spreading to include any references to Southeastern Europeans. He even interpreted Mrs. Harrigan’s comments to Mrs. Lowry about her vacation Serbia, as a comment about Southeastern Europeans, and thus about him. He whose vision is defective always sees less than those with good eyesight; but he who is hard of hearing always hears something extra. This selective perception, or set, and while it can work for you in many cases (like looking for a particular shirt in your closet, and not paying attention to the others), it can work against you when your own security needs are so strong that they distort or limit your perceptions of the World and the people around you. We think in generalities, but we live in detail. 

When Carlos heard any comments even remotely connected with him as being directly related to him, he was generalizing; he lumped everything he heard into one group and labeled it as hostile or critical of him. Generalization is not always a bad thing to do. Sometimes, however, generalization can be useful in forming concepts—a vital part of thinking and reasoning. We generalize about many things in life. We can use the word care when we look at or talk about a BMW, Mercedes, Cadillac, or Lincoln. They do not necessarily look alike, but they all have a common quality, something we might call “carness.” Each has its own unique characteristics, but all they have in common is they are transportation vehicles with four wheels, a steering wheel, an engine, brakes, seats, and so on. In this sense, they are all automobiles or cars. Such generalization is helpful, so we do not always have to define a car when we are conversing. However, suppose your car gives you great mileage, low emissions, and makes you happy every time you look at it. If your experience with your car makes you cheerful and you love all cars, of the same make, you are being somewhat prejudice (however, prejudice is not always bad). Some people might generalize even further and day all cars in general are nice, and they go out of their way to buy a particular brand.