Definition Essay About Prejudice

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Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. Any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable. In everybody lifetimes, you experience a different type of prejudice just because of you character without any logical reason. During my lifetime, I have encountered a lot of prejudice just like others. One example is that when people make fun of how I speak or my accent. Anytime when I argue with someone, the first action people take is that how I speak because I sound different because English is not my native language. Something I have read about prejudice is when Donald trump said that he going to kick out Mexicans just because his opinion on them.

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