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Many people don’t really know the true meaning of being prejudice. Prejudice to me is when someone dislikes another because of the way they may look, by their skin color, or even the type of religion they worship. Being Prejudice has lots of negative effects on people. For example, when you dislike someone because of the way they may look it could really make that person feel bad, and could even lower their self-esteem. By being prejudice it could lead to violence, including bullying, fighting, or even killing.
Stereotyping is when you assume something about someone without really getting to know them. It’s somewhat almost the same thing as prejudice, because they both involve disliking someone because of the way they may look. There are many different types of stereotypes. One example of a stereotype is that all African American people are ghetto. This is very wrong because all African Americans aren’t like that. Some are doctors, lawyers, actors, song writers, authors, and even school teachers. Many of them could be people that others look up to or even idolize. Another stereotype is that all blondes are airheads or stupid. That’s not entirely true because there are some blonde girls that are really smart and talented. An example of a talented blonde would be Reese Witherspoon; she is very talented and successful.
Honestly I don’t know too much about World War II. I do however know a lot about the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a period when Nazi soldiers came in and took Jews from their homes and sent them to concentration camps. During the Holocaust many Jews lost their lives. It was very sad, because many times they were forced to watch their loved ones get killed, and sometimes they would be ...
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... they did was messed up in so many ways. For one, I don’t think that the Germans really know why they did what they did. Even if they were forced to do it they had their own mines and it is such a thing called freedom of speech. No one should ever have to go through what the Jews had to go through. It was very heartbreaking to have to read this book because it was true, and this happened to real people. It’s nothing that you could forget just because it was so bad. It has affected me in so many ways. Now I appreciate that I had clothes on my back, and I have a house to live in. I’m glad that I don’t have people bossing me around telling me when I can and can’t sleep and when I can and can’t eat. I would like to learn about the Holocaust even more just to learn what really happened to the Jews. I want to know the real story, and not just what people tell me about it.
Journal Entry #1 Wiesel says this because he wants to keep the Holocaust from happening again. He probably meant that it is selfish to keep something to yourself when it is important and you can prevent it from happening. When he was being tortured, the other citizens did nothing to help. Maybe he just wants to make up for what others did not do for him. I agree and disagree with his statement.
What Is a Stereotype? The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often created about people of specific cultures or races. Stereotyping is a big problem, and everyone can be affected by it. There are many ways to stereotype a person such as, all white Americans are obese, lazy, and dumb, men who spend too much time on the computer or read are geeks, that all Mexicans are lazy and came into America illegally, all Arabs and Muslims are terrorists, or that all Americans are generally considered to be friendly, generous, and tolerant. All of these examples of stereotyping are found in the novel, Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua Davis, published on December 2, 2014. This is a nonfiction/documentary book that follows the true story of how four undocumented teens from Mexico, leaving in Arizona, are joined by two teachers who were able to beat some of the best engineering schools
Prejudice is an issue that cannot be easily avoided in today's society. It has and always will have a huge impact on the discrimination that some people face based on religion, appearance, background, mental/physical disabilities and etc.
Stereotyping is something that we do without noticing it. Stereotype is a predictive generalization applied to a person or situation (Johns). We will put them into a group according to their race, how they dress, or how they talk.
The World War II was a big holocaust, lots of people died. World War II was started by Adolf Hitler, he was the dictator of Germany, also a Nazi. The Nazis ruled German through totalitarian means from 1933 to 1945. Although World War II didn’t last very long, but over 16,000,000 people died. This is a very sad memories for all the people in the world. So today, I will present the tolerance during the holocaust.
Prejudice meaning pre-judging someone and having an unwarranted bias occurs often in today’s society and has been around since the beginning of time. Prejudice can effect people’s decisions and have an unfair impact on society. The text ‘To kill a mocking-bird’ written by Harper Lee and the movie ‘Philadelphia’ directed by Jonathon Demme explore this idea thoroughly.
Chinese people eat cats or dogs. Blue is a color for boys. Women are bad drivers. Those are the most common phrases I've heard about stereotyping. However, stereotypes are assumptions that are assigned to groups of people because of their religion, nationality, gender, race, clothing, among others. In our daily life, there are negative and positive stereotypes, and it is possible that we all use stereotypes, all the time, without knowing it. Also, in my life I experienced this issue because of my ethnicity and my gender.
Prejudice: is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual’s membership of a social group, for example a person may hold prejudiced views towards a certain race or gender. A prejudiced person may not act on their attitude. So that means someone can be prejudice towards a certain group but not discrimate against them, an example of this was in the scene when the couple was walking down the street and as the two black man walked towards them she clinched her purse and held her husband even tighter. She judged them without even knowing what their intentions were. The interesting part was she was right and they need up carjacking them
...nter. I could not imagine being taken from my family, friends, home and life in an instant, being put on a train bound for nowhere and subsequently living a life of persecution, dehumanization and imminent extinction. I could not envision a world without the simple things that I take for granted like my name, dignity, mind and soul. Being stripped of these things is a death sentence in itself. I am embarrassed and ashamed to admit that this is the first book on the Holocaust I have ever read. I guess I thought if I didn't enlighten myself on the subject, I didn't have to believe that true evil was a part of this world. As difficult as this material is to read, it is important for people to continue to educate themselves on the history of humanity no matter how malevolent it is. If we do not acknowledge it exists, we risk it reeking havoc on the human race.
Stereotype is a sweeping statement standardized image about a person or group with little or no evidence. The primary purpose is to hurt one’s feelings or to attack one’s character. Have you ever stereotyped someone or felt like you were being stereotyped against? How did being stereotyped affect you, or how did it make you feel once you got to know the person or persons? All kind of people make up our society. Within society, there are a massive amount of groups, most of which have been stereotyped in one way or another. We develop stereotypes when we are reluctant or incapable to obtain all information needed to make fair judgments about people or situations. In the absence of the unknown statistics, stereotyping allow us to “bridge the gaps.” Four of many different groups of people are the prime sources of stereotypes in our society are politicians, tattooed persons, feminists and senior citizens. If the thought of these groups of people mentioned directed some sort of negative icon within you then you are a protagonist of stereotype.
Prejudice refers to personal attitude and perception toward a different group of people based merely on their membership in that group. Prejudiced people direct their prejudice towards
Everyone has heard the saying don’t judge a book by a cover. Sadly every minute of the day someone gets judged because of assumptions that are not correct. These assumptions overtime eventually lead to stereotypes. A stereotype is an image or idea of a particular type of person. Stereotyping a person is seen in many differents aspects such as race, groups, beliefs, appearance, etc. An individual may ask why people are stereotyped or stereotype. In reality stereotyping helps people categorize the different type of people. It narrows down the options of who one might want to associate with. Stereotyping can have its negatives, it makes people ignore how others really are. It may lead to a person not wanting to hang out with another person because of the stereotype that persons group has. Everyday the general public use cars for the means of transportation. But what about when people use their car for more than transportation, car enthusiasts often modify their cars to their likings. Enthusiasts often join car clubs to share their common interests with other car enthusiasts. Often the people in car clubs have a stereotype of being juvenile, racing a lot, low-life bums, and ghetto when actually most do not have those characteristics.
World War II was one of the most deadly wars we know in history, having as many as sixty million casualties, most of whom were civilians. It impacted a lot of countries, almost all the world, which is why the name is given. This war impacted many countries in the world, and damaged almost all of the countries involved greatly. It also led to the downfall of Western European countries as world powers, leaving it to the Soviet Union, and the United States. The war started in 1939 and ended in 1945, with the invasion of Poland and the Axis surrender, respectively. It changed the economy and the growth of big countries, including Germany, Great Britain, United States, Japan, Russia and France. Aside from this, Jews were greatly influenced too. They were damaged, but then gifted.
We cannot forget the Holocaust, we must remember everything about it. Not so we shall mourn or obsess, but so that we are aware. The story of the Holocaust and WWII is one shared my millions of people, different races, countries. The many sides of the story all teach us. We learn from our mistakes as well as others. New words and stages are developed, with every wound a stronger bandage is formed. We learn about the Holocaust to protect innocent people and better our own selves, so that the future may be brighter.
Prejudice can be caused because of various reasons. Religion, ethnic race and social status are examples of causes of prejudice. Sometimes prejudice is caused by how we are raised. Many times parents pass on prejudice beliefs to their children. A lot people raised in the southern part of the country are prejudice against blacks. In the early to mid 1960’s, prejudice was alive and well in the south. Blacks had their own bathrooms and were forced to ride in the back of city busses. It’s hard to believe that was doing on only 40 years ago. A lot of Middle Eastern countries are very prejudice against women.