Vicent N Parley Causes Of Prejudice Summary

Theories of Prejudice.
It is well known that the United States was founded on the ideology of freedom. The Founding Fathers wanted to see a free America and that all men should be treated equally. Today, it is very difficult to see the equally among different races. In a recent study by BMJ Journal Injury Prevention, journalist Melissa Healy, from Los Angeles Times, indicates that policemen are 82% to 85% more likely to arrest Latinos and African Americans. Minorities are more likely to be targeted by members of a dominant race. In the article "Causes of Prejudice," author Vicent N. Parrillo, professor of Sociology at William Paterson University, explains many different theories of why certain racial groups are more likely to be discriminated against than others. Although Parrillo admits that the real causes of prejudice are complex, he explains the theories of emotional
Parrillo clarifies that a person attains attitudes, beliefs and values of his culture, including social class and religion (Parrillo 516). This is a very interesting piece because C. P. Ellis describes that, "… we hated each other. Up to that point, we didn’t know each other. We didn’t know we had things in common" (qtd in Terkel). Here Ellis reveals Ann Atwater was sad because her daughter was being bullied at her school by teachers. Same thing was happening with Ellis son, he was rejected at his school by teachers because his father was working together with an African American lady, at the time that black people were fighting for civil rights and integration to society. This point is very substantial because Ellis started to realize that Ann Atwater, a member of the black community, was facing the same problems as him, the rejection of members of their own community. At this part Ellis and Atwater realize that they need to expose a solution to the racism that were happening in the