12 Angry Men Prejudice Analysis

1. Out of the 12 jurors, juror number 10,4, and 3 displayed some form of prejudice. Juror number 10 was the man that displayed his prejudice openly stating that “they” shouldn’t be trusted. He already had a view of the Turks from the time he "lived among them”. Another Juror that displayed prejudice is juror number 4. Juror number 4 was the stock broker. His prejudice was displayed when the group briefly talked about the slums and the people that come out of them. During this discussion he shows his feelings toward the kids in the slum in the statement “We're not here to go into the reasons why slums are breeding grounds for criminals... The children who come out of slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society. A third juror that displayed his prejudice is juror number 3. Juror number 3 is the man that sees the cases as simple, the accused is guilty. He is prejudice more or less towards the kids that are growing up in this society. Before telling his story about his son he says “You’re right. It's the kids. The way they are—you know? They don't listen.”. During this he reveals how he sees kids as stubborn and delinquents.

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Reverse discrimination is the favoring of a minority group that used to be discriminated against this leaves the majority group feeling that they are now left out and mistreated. No reverse discrimination is not displayed by #8 or any of the jurors. If anything, they are giving this kid the benefit of the doubt taking into account that relationship between him and his father and that information given to has holes that they see are not all