Why Is Prejudice Strong
So why does prejudice remain so strong? Is it truly in one’s interest to reject prejudice in all forms? What about fear? What about failure? What about the unknown? Who are you? And who am I?
Prejudice serves its purposes in eliminating fear. The brain convinces itself it knows more than it does. Prejudice eliminates failure. A strong sense of pride can justify any action or decision or thought. Prejudice eliminates the unknown. It creates a false sense of knowing and predictability of outsiders. Prejudice pretends to know everyone’s identity, and pretends to be perceptive. It overrides reasonable thought and insists one is smarter than they are. It relies heavily on secondhand knowledge from biased sources and insecurity. In a desperate attempt …show more content…
And while erroneous assumptions may deliver an easy way to bypass rational thought, it houses empty facts that will only cause conflict if they are ever addressed. Pride refuses to allow an individual to accept error, and there is a never-ending supply of visual observations that can create a never-ending cycle of that which is make-believe. Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is much more than just a romance with unlikely love in unlikely places. It’s a beloved piece of both academic and enjoyable literature that addresses an issue of identity and assumptions and character, tackling issues that resonate with modern-day society’s thirst for categorizing the uncategorical. Too often do individuals shield their eyes from the truth, choosing instead to live in a fantasy world of imaginary facts that all work to better their own “self-image.” But what people fail to realize is that identity statuses are made to change over time, and are constantly evolving and shifting with different lifestyles and opinions (Schubach 190). To be so close-minded, rooted deep within an ever-changing dirt of distrust and hatred and fear is to destroy that which humans are so good at--compassion and
Prejudice serves its purposes in eliminating fear. The brain convinces itself it knows more than it does. Prejudice eliminates failure. A strong sense of pride can justify any action or decision or thought. Prejudice eliminates the unknown. It creates a false sense of knowing and predictability of outsiders. Prejudice pretends to know everyone’s identity, and pretends to be perceptive. It overrides reasonable thought and insists one is smarter than they are. It relies heavily on secondhand knowledge from biased sources and insecurity. In a desperate attempt …show more content…
And while erroneous assumptions may deliver an easy way to bypass rational thought, it houses empty facts that will only cause conflict if they are ever addressed. Pride refuses to allow an individual to accept error, and there is a never-ending supply of visual observations that can create a never-ending cycle of that which is make-believe. Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is much more than just a romance with unlikely love in unlikely places. It’s a beloved piece of both academic and enjoyable literature that addresses an issue of identity and assumptions and character, tackling issues that resonate with modern-day society’s thirst for categorizing the uncategorical. Too often do individuals shield their eyes from the truth, choosing instead to live in a fantasy world of imaginary facts that all work to better their own “self-image.” But what people fail to realize is that identity statuses are made to change over time, and are constantly evolving and shifting with different lifestyles and opinions (Schubach 190). To be so close-minded, rooted deep within an ever-changing dirt of distrust and hatred and fear is to destroy that which humans are so good at--compassion and