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    marked prejudice against prejudice, and understandably so. More often than not, “prejudice” refers to an “antipathy based upon a faulty and inflexible generalization.”1 Insofar as prejudice refers to thought or action beclouded by hatred, it warrants condemnation, not defense. However, prejudice also has a broader meaning. According to the Oxford Shorter Dictionary, it is: “a preconceived opinion; bias unfavorable or favorable.”2 It refers to “life circumstances” and “perspective.” Prejudice is any

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    Prejudice And Prejudice

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    “ Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.” This quote was written by Maya Angelou, and she wrote it because when she was at a very young age, she was raped because she was black. After she was raped all the kids at school made fun of her, so from that moment on she decided to not let anyone be prejudice or stereotype anyone. So she started writing quotes so other people can know how it feels and to share her story with everyone else

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    Shelley, the concept of prejudice is introduced through the creature’s character as a means to explore one of mankind's greatest flaws. Prejudice by definition is a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. These “preconceived opinions” placed on on the creature had a detrimental effect on his quality of life. As a result of his outward appearance, the creature’s attempt at humanization resulted in the denial of basic rights. This notion of prejudice that is depicted through

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    Prejudice

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    Prejudice Presented By: Nor Anisa Bt. Musa What is Prejudice? * Everyone comes face to face with prejudice at some time or another. * Prejudice is when we recognizethat we feel and act less positively towards others. * The roots of prejudice can be found in the cognitive and emotional processes. * Prejudice may be perceived as acceptable and justified * All inequality and differential treatment is not perceived and responded to in the same way. The nature and origins of streotyping

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    The presence of stereotypes and prejudices existed from a long time ago along with the human history – partially often deeply integrated with religion or social status. In 21st century, people are facing with many different stereotypes and prejudices either directly or indirectly. Stereotype is a generalized belief or assumption towards some specific groups or people by the defined attributes or characteristics. Stereotyping can foster prejudice and shape people’s point of views and behaviors of

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    Social conformity can be toxic, it often leads to the epidemic that is prejudice. To give a better idea of what prejudice means, Judice translates to judge in Latin, therefore the term “prejudice” literally translates into “pre-judgment”. There are innumerable forms of negative preconceived notions that exist in our world today, the biggest one being racism, which often is a stem of having anti-immigration views. Immigration prejudice is not unknown to any person who lives in America and has eyes and

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    “We are each burdened with prejudice; against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them,” Author Unknown. Unfortunately, throughout history our society has become victim to the upbringing and menacing of prejudices within. The prejudices that our fellow neighbors endure range from scowling facial expressions to violent hate crimes. As far back as the decades go, prejudice has been an ongoing problem

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    What is Prejudice? What is prejudice? Prejudice is kind of like judging a book by its cover. Or making a preconceived opinion about something that is not based on reason or actual experience. I think the reason prejudice exists in the world is because for example some people think colored people are not equal to other people or they are different. Although this is totally not true. An example of being prejudice is people saying how bad our country is going to get because of our new president, but

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    Prejudice Sadness, shame, loneliness, judged, and worthless, these are all feelings that victims feel when prejudice is involved. My brother, Johnny, had never felt any of these emotions before his accident. He is the one, whom everybody wanted to be around. He made everybody laugh, and he was just fun to be around. But things dramatically changed on the day he got into a car accident. He lost his arm. Now everybody looks at him as if he is completely different. Before someone is to be prejudiced

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    Prejudice :- It consists of attitudes (usually negative) toward others based on their gender, religion, race, or membership in a particular group. Discrimination:- It consists of behavior, usually negative, directed toward others based on their gender, religion, race, or membership in a particular group. Both are similar as these are negative factors of human nature. Moreover, these are shown towards others based on their gender, religion, race. According to one of the oldest theories known as “realistic

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