Why Is Prejudice Still Relevant Today

Ten score and twenty-five years ago, a great American, in whose Constitution we endorsed, wrote the Bill of Rights that granted the people of the United States the same, equal rights. This great American guaranteed the people five freedoms: religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly. As a consequence of these freedoms, people of diversity from all over the world set forth a new life in the United States. For the sake of our community and its people, these freedoms were ratified to further prevent the injustice and prejudice that occurred before in history. However, for some reason, these freedoms are still violated in today’s society because some people think that these freedoms does not apply to certain people in the United States. These people are holding unfavorable attitudes and judgements toward those who have different color skin, gender, religion, ethnicity, and race without any logical facts. They judge them right away without the knowledge of knowing them. Prejudice is much more occult than what we think or see in our everyday life. It is a threat of injustice that exist anywhere, and it will continue to be a threat …show more content…
We must accept that our religion, gender, ethnicity, and our skin color will not divide the brotherhood of one another. This world will become a better place if we think about the history and learn from its mistakes. We can learn from the mistake that Africans are being utilized by Europeans as slaves because they were viewed as inferior, and they were different from the Europeans. We can learn from the mistake that the holocaust occurred partially because of a prejudice towards Jews. We can also learn from the mistake that in South Africa, non-whites could not vote and had to live in separate communities because of prejudice towards