Prejudice: the idea that one’s belief is better than another. Often times without realizing it, prejudice can dictate a person’s life by making their opinion rank above others. “How common is prejudice?” One might ask. The answer to that is prejudice is everywhere, but can most often times be seen through homophobia/ sexual orientation or preference, strength and weaknesses such as men being superior to women, and appearance or physical features.
One of the leading examples of prejudice today is homophobia. Often times, not always, the LGBT community is treated unfairly. For example, when applying for a job, a heterosexual may be considered more qualified than a homosexual. According to workplacefairness.org, a gay, lesbian, or bisexual individual sometimes will not be hired or promoted, disciplined more harshly, given less health benefits, or in some cases even fired. There are even cases where an employer or boss will harass an employee by commenting about their sexual activity or make sexual jokes or remarks. In addition to being treated unfairly at a job, there are businesses that have an anti-gay policy and will not hire, wait on, or sell to a gay, bisexual, or lesbian individual even if they meet all other requirements. Even though this is still a big topic in the media, people of this generation are more outspoken and will stand up for the …show more content…
Just based on these two things, people are very quick to judge without considering a persons background. It is often thought that a person wearing Nike shoes, carrying a Coach purse, driving a nice car, or wearing nice clothes, is automatically rich. What people don’t know is how this person got nice things because they do not know their background. It could be the only pair of shoes the person has, it could be that they’ve always wanted a nice purse or a nice car and have been saving their money for years to
One of the leading examples of prejudice today is homophobia. Often times, not always, the LGBT community is treated unfairly. For example, when applying for a job, a heterosexual may be considered more qualified than a homosexual. According to workplacefairness.org, a gay, lesbian, or bisexual individual sometimes will not be hired or promoted, disciplined more harshly, given less health benefits, or in some cases even fired. There are even cases where an employer or boss will harass an employee by commenting about their sexual activity or make sexual jokes or remarks. In addition to being treated unfairly at a job, there are businesses that have an anti-gay policy and will not hire, wait on, or sell to a gay, bisexual, or lesbian individual even if they meet all other requirements. Even though this is still a big topic in the media, people of this generation are more outspoken and will stand up for the …show more content…
Just based on these two things, people are very quick to judge without considering a persons background. It is often thought that a person wearing Nike shoes, carrying a Coach purse, driving a nice car, or wearing nice clothes, is automatically rich. What people don’t know is how this person got nice things because they do not know their background. It could be the only pair of shoes the person has, it could be that they’ve always wanted a nice purse or a nice car and have been saving their money for years to