Prejudice- an opinion formed without knowing the facts or by ignoring the facts

Racism- a belief that race is the primary determinate of human traits

Stereotype- a way of thinking about a person, group, etc. That follows a fixed common pattern, paying no attention to individual differences

These are words that we hear each and every day. People use them to talk about the need for tolerance and change. However, this essay is not about Martin Luther King or Malcolm X. Nor is this about Adolph Hitler or Mussolini. This essay is about the flip side of the story. It's about the way in which the minority stereotypes the majority. It's about the racism and the prejudices that are placed on the white middle to upper class culture. I feel it is necessary to take the time to look at the perspective of the accused.

The type of prejudice I speak of is the type of prejudice that goes unsaid. This prejudice exists deep in the hearts and minds of many once oppressed people. The question you ask is, "if it goes unsaid, then how do we know it is there?" The answer is that it reveals itself through the actions of the people who hold it. It appears when I walk down the streets of Birmi

These prejudices exist because the minority needs someone to blame. Don't get me wrong. I am not trying to negate the horrible discriminations that have occurred in our country whether they are racial, sexual, or economic. Often times in our country the minority has had a very legitimate reason to cry out. Slavery was abolished because the minority cried out and said, "no more!" This is an example of a time that there were positive effects as a result of the critical eye of the minority. However, this critiquing, if you will, of the majority by the minority has become a pattern. Many minorities have selected a special group who has become the scapegoats for humanity. Each and every social injustice falls on the shoulders of this group of people. These people are the white, middle class, protestant males. I include males because even though the male sex is not a literal majority, meaning that the number of males is greater than females, but that they assume the role as the larger more powerful sex. This can be thought of as a virtual majority. Women, also, have become one of the leading minorities in the struggle against the white male majority. Therefore the pattern has been set that the minority has every right to blame their troubles, be them in the business world or in a social arena, on this group of white men.

I am not saying that white, protestant, middle class men are perfect, and I am not saying that there is not a time and a place for revolt. The civil rights movement and the feminist movements were two of the best things that ever happened to our country. This was a time when the majority needed to be told what to do. The minority did the right thing by

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