Prejudices

There are many different definitions of the word "Prejudice." However, if you literally break down the word, it comes out to be "Pre-judge." When someone is prejudice they stereotype people based on common and yet often inaccurate qualities about their sex, nationalities, race, hair color, etc. They are hurtful statements that have no actual reasoning behind them. In fact, people aren't supposed to be prejudice. People are prejudice because they were raised to be prejudice. Hollywood, for example, plays a gargantuan role in creating prejudices. In Hollywood, blonde people are portrayed as pretty and stupid, thus allowing people to truly believe that blonde people (women essentially) are beautiful and mindless. Hollywood also portrays all Hispanics to be Mexicans, which is not true. There are countless running jokes about illegal immigrants and because the world is riddled with them, people eventually start to believe them.

People actually start to believe that all Hispanics are Mexicans and are illegal aliens.


A common misconception is the idea that everyone is finally equal, when in actuality, we are not. As long as we listen to the "Powers That Be" like Hollywood, prejudices will always exist because they are forced upon us.

People are prejudice because it raises themselves up; makes them feel more important. Prejudices feed into our egos and tell us that we're better than the people around us and that makes (our ego) feel good. However, just because being prejudice builds us up doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.


People suffer everywhere across the nation from prejudices. If more people tried to be less judgmental, the world would be that much closer to being a happy place.