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Prejudice is Ignorance

Prejudice is defined as hatred or unfair treatment of a particular group, such as members of a race or religion or nation , the dislike or distruct of a person, group,custom etc that is based on fear or false information or to make any judgment without having adequate informations. Prejudice can be defined as dictionstereotyping, racism and segregationary as hatred or unfair treatment of a specific group because of preconceived attitudes or opinions about other people. Prejudice is a preformed and unsubstantiated judgment or opinion about an individual or a group, eitherfavorable or unfavorable in nature. However, the term usually denotes to negative attitudes held toward others based solely on their membership in a specific group(social or ethnic).

The source of prejudice is ignorance or a person's unwillingness to understand others. This leads to discrimination and hatred. View or opinion that one's own group is the center of civilization; all other groups are merely a reflect...

Posted by: Shelia Olander

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