"Chan got the highest mark in our Science class", "Yeah well, he is Chinese". When a person hears the word prejudice, he or she might think it only refers to the racial prejudice often found between those with light skin and those with dark skin. However, prejudice runs much deeper than a person's color. Prejudice is found between gender, religion, cultural and geographical background, and race. People have discriminated against others based upon these qualities from the beginning of time. Prejudice has become a very complicated problem in our society today and much of our world's history is based upon such hatred. For example if you take Hitler and his men, they killed over five million people because, they were Jewish or were not their definition of "normal." Our society is puzzled with such hatred based upon peoples' beliefs and origins and it seems millions are fighting each other for no relevant reason at
We, as the human race, need to focus on not judging people before we know them for who they are. Today, there are so many different people in this world that stereotypes are almost always incorrect, as many people choose not to be followers, but to be individuals. I know many white people who, if they see a young black male standing on the corner, wearing a certain type of clothing, will discern that he is in a gang and has intentions of hurting others. How could someone say such a thing when all they have seen is one's appearance? The boy standing there could be a great student in school who helps others and plans to become someone important in the future. After all, personalities do not lie on the outside of one's body, but in one's mind.
If everyone in this world had respect for one another, we would live in peace and be able to let others believe in what they wish and accept that everyone is different.
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