Prejudice
As I walk down the aisle, the sales clerk glares at me with contemptible eyes, watching every move I make, unquestionably thinking if she turns her head for the slightest moment that I will slip everything of value into my bag. Prejudging people for their appearance is a common practice that humans perform. People are not only ridiculed for their colour, as many might contemplate, when thinking of "prejudice", but also for many other things. Some of them including your age and sex.Ageism is also a prejudice problem in our society today. Though many people think that this is not a serious problem, everyday, people are being harassed for their age, whether they are "too old" or "too young". I have dealt with this problem myself, as many other teenagers have. When walking into many stores, I am asked to leave my bag at the front of the store and I am often times followed around by employees of the store to "prevent theft". Theft is a dilemma that many businesses have to deal with, but when it gets to the point of being un-trusted due to your age, it's ridiculous and inappropriate. While prejudice means "prejudgment," there seems to be an area where that is okay. For example, we prejudge people on a daily basis. A person may lo
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Approximate Word count = 812
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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