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Essay on Prejudice
The prejudice being visible mental and physical discrimination is one of the most detrimental social activities. Whenever a thought and act is predetermined the result is a clear notion, which leads to unjust decisions and actions. Prejudice is harmful expression of assimilative power of a person [Prejudice and Discrimination]. The prejudice leads to unwanted favors to those who do not deserve the favors. The prejudice, discriminating and racism are closely related [Barnes Sandra].
Some time the social compulsions and peers pressures also lead to prejudice. This makes the objectivity baseless and of no value. Personal values are extremely vital in making bias decisions as lack of life experience also contributes for such acts. The racism is natural outcome of the values that can be checked with adopting just measures in life. The peer’s pressures also effect the decisions in many forms because the continuation and strength in social relations are based on the peer’s pressure. The personal values equally effect the life in many ways [Roy Posner].
The knowledge, wisdom, truth, cultural values and customs make the ability to decide more just and free from prejudice. The moral values of the life are the contributing factors in making the personality move towards favoritism. Whenever the moral values have the negativism the ability to distinguish between righteous and wrong diminishes......