Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20150205230904/@comment-25464947-20150206161357

JetLignite wrote: Bloo Gem wrote:

Even though I can’t help but be a little more doubtful of Pearl and now Garnet’s morals (and not just of Pearl and Amethyst’s morals for their comments of humanity in “Keep Beach City Weird”), I still wasn’t that shaken in my “favorite characters list.” Reason being, I feel that GAP are no different from humans and have their own biases of people different from them and are imperfect like us in that aspect, but still are capable of dissolving those biases overtime.

 In the episode,  Pearl’s denial when Amethyst was claiming Pearl looked down on her for her upbringing makes me think this supports that at least Pearl and probably Garnet, too, don’t consciously belittle Amethyst for her upbringing, if at all.

I really hope Garnet and Pearl don’t look down on Amethyst for the way she was brought up, even though it seems like they don’t (with questionable exceptions like in “Steven’s Lion”). But at the same time, like in real life when we think we’re above certain prejudices, prejudice still manages to slip our lips, sometimes.

 I wonder if Amethyst’s kind is any different from Pearl and Garnet’s kind other than just the way they are ‘born.’ I think Pearl probably did look down on Amethyst for being from Kindergarten. Garnet has had to explicitly scold Pearl because of her not working well with Amethyst. If Amethyst hadn't broken down and outright said how she felt, it probably would have taken Pearl a long time to realize how she was acting like she's better than Amethyst.

Garnet says: We're all Crystal Gems! Amethyst is just as much a gem as Garnet and Pearl. It doesn't matter where they're born. I don't think Amethyst is a different kind of gem; she was just raised differently then Garnet and Pearl. Exactly. I think it is less like racism and more like the prejudice against people who grew up in poverty or come from a "bad" part of town. While it is less prominent than racism, I've definitely seen kids (and even adults) bullied for coming from dysfunctional families or "rough" home environments. Considering the concern Pearl showed for Amethyst near the end, she seems to be more of an innocent bigot who really doesn't realize how insensitive she can be. Add her tendency to blurt things out without thinking and suddenly a lot of her comments make sense in hindsight.