Prejudice

Prejudice
1. What is prejudice? Where in the world have you seen prejudice? What are the effects of prejudice?
I think prejudice is when you judge or have an opinion about something even before you really know it. Sometimes we can have prejudice on how someone looks like, or even what religion they believe in. When we are different from other people, we may find ourselves pointing out or just noticing the contrast. Usually if we look at it in a bad way and think of yourselves better than them it is prejudice.
In the world there are many forms of prejudice. One that I know is the prejudice against the black and white. The black people were looked down at because of their skin color. They were sold as slaves and were treated like trash. The Civil War happened because the north decided it was time to stop the slavery. 600,000 people paid the price for freedom in the country. The desire for freedom went deeper than skin. Because of how the black people looked like, the dark color of their skin, people refused to eat with them, use the same bathroom, or just interact.
Also during the Holocaust the Jews were killed and detained for what they were Jews were considered lower than the Germans and Hitler decided to take action.
These days there is less prejudice in the world. We have come to understand how people are people, the same as us. Beneath the skin, beneath what we believe in, we are people. We are part of what makes up the world. People understand each other now and we've listened to them. However there is still misunderstanding. There is still prejudice in the world. Many people are still pre-judging others. We also have stereotypes. I know I sometimes do.
Prejudice gets us from interacting with each other. It also prevents us from finding out more about each other. We must get over this. Prejudice creates uneven levels in our race. Our race consists of humans. The human race consists of only humans. Why are other people treated differently? If they are the same as us, if only small matters that go only skin deep seperate us, we must try to make things right.
People will always have different ideas with each other. People will always have differences. That doesn't make someone lower than you. You are not always the 'good' one or the 'right' one. We are still one, no higher or lower.