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Why Prejudice Still Exists in the 21st Century

11/03/2023 ● Sandra Ruiz Mello

Why Prejudice Still Exists in the 21st Century

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If we look it up in the dictionary, prejudice is an opinion or thought about something or someone, without proper knowledge or foundation. But we know that it goes much further than that, because prejudice is a saga of intolerance, hatred, segregation and discrimination. Its cause is ignorance, because it reveals that the prejudiced person has a very high lack of knowledge and tolerance and can influence others like them to think and act in the same way against other people or social groups. This type of positioning is still very present all over the world, affecting and destroying much of world society. But what are the most common types of prejudice?

  • Male chauvinism - a belief that men are superior to women, that women are the weaker sex and should be submissive to them.
  • Racism - they believe that there are races that are superior to others, it is very common for them to be practiced against blacks and browns.There is still a lot of this type of prejudice, but it is often veiled, there are few who admit that they are prejudiced. The fight against it has been growing a lot through social policies in various sectors of society.
  • Social Condition - a feeling of superiority, where those who have a better financial condition judge themselves to be superior to those who don't. Prejudice also exists in the opposite direction, when those who have a lower financial condition judge those who have more as snobbish.
  • Xenophobia - hatred or aversion to what is different, discriminating against people of a different origin or culture.
  • Religious prejudice - They attack, persecute and insult people who preach and follow different religions to their own.
  • Cultural prejudice - they don't accept the beliefs and habits of a people, for example the Hindu faith, who don't eat beef because they consider the cow to be a sacred animal.
  • Prejudice against the disabled - this prejudice covers not only discrimination against the physically or mentally handicapped, but also a more humane approach on the part of those in power to support and offer appropriate conditions, such as easy access for the physically handicapped in social environments, preparing schools to better accommodate students with Down's Syndrome, autism, because inclusion is the best way to reduce discrimination.
  • Appearance prejudice - where appearance is more important than competence, dignity, etc. They only look at a person's physical condition, whether they are fat or thin, tall or short, whether they have a tattoo or not, or any other characteristic that the prejudiced person considers to be outside their standard.
  • Homobofia - prejudice against LGBTSQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual and Non-binary Identities) citizens.


We must understand that prejudice is a destructive position for all of humanity, it adds nothing to our evolution.


We need to take a closer look at this type of disease, which is prejudice, so that it no longer exists anywhere on this planet. We are all one race, the human race, and when there is a separation of values, it only diminishes who we are.

The best way to end or reduce prejudice is to get to know people better and understand that we are equal. No to prejudice!

TO THINK ABOUT

" Whoever is able to see the whole is a philosopher; whoever is not, is not. "

Plato

" The unexamined life is not worth living. "

Socrates

" The best way to know life is to love many things. "

Vincent Van Gogh

" Be the change that you wish to see in the world. "

Mahatma Gandhi

" The time is always right to do what is right. "

Marthin Luther King Jr

" A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, a mere heart of stone. "

Charles Darwin

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" The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. "

Charles Darwin

" When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. "

Paulo Coelho

" I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me. "

Beethoven

" Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. "

Carl Sagan

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