Dealing with prejudices in today's society 24 Articles

by Connie Marshall

Memory is one of the most valued and unique characteristics belonging to humans. So esteemed is this trait that people go to great lengths to preserve it through pictures, videos, journals, or even medication. Nonetheless,...read more

by Elaine Sihera

Prejudice is a natural by-product of making choices in life. We are presented with a diversity of choice daily, from which we are required to select what matters to us most, what we like best, the things which keep us in ...read more

by Tarah Flicek

Growing up in a diverse community, I had never thought much to the word "prejudice." It was not until I hired in as a server in a popular pizzeria, along the southeast coast, did I discover the meaning of the word. Ent...read more

by Melissa Taylor

I've never in all my years of talking ever said that to anyone who was another race or made any reference to anything cultural as a way to show I can relate to them and yet I can be having a conversation with someone and h...read more

by Denepher Smith

Once more the ugly head of racism has been reared in sport. Formula one racing driver Lewis Hamilton was badly abused by a significant section of the Spanish audience in Barcelona yesterday. Somehow a group of Caucasian ...read more

by Kathryn Kirby

Prejudice - the North VS the South Prejudice is something you will find anywhere you live, to some extent anyway. Some folks just show it a little more than others do. For me the most disturbing thing is how many young ...read more

by Stan Hall

Yes it's true I am prejudice, though at times I can't believe it. We are all prejudice in one way or another. The problem is those of us who admit it, can correct our prejudice. I am guilty of it though I don't want to adm...read more

by Grace Plant

Did Moira Stuart's demise at the BBC signify the beginning of the end for the old establishment? Ever since the BBC dropped Moira from her regular BBC News slots we've noticed how White the BBC is. We also noticed that...read more

by Rebecca Coughlin

My parents never told me whom to date as long as they made me happy. Knowing they would support my choices made the dating scene a lot easier. Now, as a 24-year-old, I have had a variety of boyfriends over the pa...read more

by Sarah Barendse

I was stunned when earlier this morning I opened my yahoo email box to find an article from Monster.com titled "Reaching the African American Market". This article talked about how African American business owners, as a tr...read more

by John Graham

Face your prejudices. I dislike the Irish. If I see a red-haired freckled person, I immediately think "Irish." If I see the name Kennedy, or Donovan, or Daly, or McQuire, or Casey or Cusack or others, I know I am...read more

by Sun Sun

PREJUDICE: Prejudice is Fear.The two concepts are one and the same, and go together like the sprout and the seed. Prejudice is Insecurity, and the lack of belief in one's views or one's Self. Prejudice is Stagnation.....read more

by Michael Brulotte

The most common violence today is ageism. Individual youth are seen with blind eyes perceiving only what they expect to see, and not even caring. In these eyes, the blood of the world bleeds of the heart and drips from t...read more

by Joe Dively

Blondes Have the Right Idea In light of the recent media- fest regarding Shock Jock Don Imus and his remarks about the Rutgers Women Basketball team, I'd like to make few observations. As a member of one of the most...read more

by Amaryllis Holloway

It is not an option to refuse to acknowledge that racism and prejudice exist in today's society. Some would like to bury their heads in the sand and say that there is no racism or prejudice in today's society. But that is ...read more

by Pamela Smith

It saddens me that I feel a need to write this. However if I don't say it. It may never be said and no one will ever notice. I have noticed lately that it has become acceptable to stereotype certain races because they set ...read more

by Raymond Gilford

Pride and Prejudice: The Real World View A friend forwarded the following to me, which had been forwarded to him. Isn't the internet wonderful? ARE WE RACISTS? You pass me on the street, and sneer in my ...read more

by Okeefe

A few years ago (January 2004), I found myself reading and responding to the 'Diversity at Work' message board on Monster.com. The board no longer exists as it became a place for venting instead of multi-cultural understan...read more

by blaquote

The stench of bitchery engulfs us! Yes, this nation through our blatant arrogance, have welcomed the evil that stands to undo us. We have the nerve to stand before the rest of the world as some kind of savior, when we ou...read more

by Asia Sanchez

Ageism Ageism is a common type of prejudice that as far as I can know has been around forever and always shall. Ageism is the judging of someone based on their age; assuming that someone of a certain age may or ma...read more