Monday, May 21, 2007

Prejudice

Prejudice is known to be a "disease" that we can never get rid of.It is something dangerously harmful to to our mental,and perhaps even physical,health that we can never eradicate.

One good example of prejudice is the racism in United States.In the aftermath of the civil war,the blacks who no sooner were granted freedom that they had always been fighting for,sadly experienced harsher and stronger prejudice that before when they were still regarded as slaves.They were not allowed to dine in places where the whites were dining in,go to the same schools as the whites,and even were deprived of their rights to vote for elected officials.Actually,the first merchants who entered the slaves tradewere not doing so because they were prejudiced against the africans-they did it for the sake of monetary benefits.Unfortunately,they started to think that all blacks could be regarded as inferior slaves after they had laid the foundations for economic profits well.

In my opinion,this discrimination against the blacks is unreasonable and definitely not justifiable.It is just like any harmful and contagious disease that has been passed down for centuries,making it so deeply ingrained in the country's culture that it is almost impossible to eradicate anymore.

Therefore,i firmly agree that prejudice is frighteningly detrimental to the victims' mental health and that prejudice can never ever be wiped out unless the world has decided to work together to eradicate it through global efforts.

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