Judgements In The Power Of Prejudice

Judgements are extremely easy to make, especially with very little knowledge about a person or group. Personal opinions (which are typically false) make judging others extremely elementary. People are constantly judged unfairly by others, typically involving Race and gender, resulting in feuding communities and overall unfriendliness. Many people say that if you don’t say it to someone’s face, then it doesn’t matter, however that is heavily disagreeable, because ignorant people will believe everything that is said, no matter how hurtful it can be. The article “The Power Of Prejudice” thoroughly shows how racism and prejudices come into play when making judgements. As well as the novel Of Mice and Men which shows how sexism plays a crucial
Racism is part of America’s culture to this day, and will most likely never go away. In many circumstances a stereotype comes into play, which then leads to a judgement based on a prejudice that that specific person fits into that specific racial category. The person however may not even fit into that category, making a wrongful stereotype. This topic is very specific and confusing, which can be inferred by my previous statement. The article, “The Power of Prejudice” states, “Those perfectly articulated and wickedly poignant verbal smack-downs of prejudiced offenders may happen in films and literature but occur far less frequently in real life.” (Enayati, Amanda) This quote shows that these “smack downs” do not typically occur in real life, and this is due to the surplus of technology that is available to us today, as well as how easy it is to say whatever comes to mind while hiding behind a username. Thus making judgements occur from lack of knowledge about a person’s race. However the novel To Kill A Mockingbird displays this racist factor in a different time period, the early 1900’s, the novel states that, “"Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?" "Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament." "Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's
This although we have come a long way since our history is false. Almost daily protests and riots can be seen on the news and online showing us just how racist America still is to this day. Also common stereotypes are still used in pop culture such as songs and movies, which help racism to live on. Gender inequality is still a very recent topic, which shows that again we have come far from the notion that women must stay home to raise kids and don’t belong in a workplace. However there is still a noticeable pay gap between women and men, and the issue of feminism which encompasses the equality of both genders. Overall even though america has improved on these subjects, we are still lacking and should be far past these shallow minded, ignorant ideas, which make it very easy to be judgemental of