Prejudice In The Play 'Twelve Angry Men'

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In the play “Twelve Angry Men” there is a lot of prejudice. It mainly shows that people like to judge other people without any actual knowledge. Prejudice is still a major issue in the world and it will always be one. People like to judge others before even getting to know them. It is bad to be prejudiced before even trying something out or meeting someone. One way that wee see a lot of prejudice today is racism. We like to judge a Muslim that he is a terrorist just for the fact that he is Muslim. Just because Muslims were the one that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and kill over a hundred people on Paris, does not mean all Muslim people are terrorist. Also social media makes this worst by making fun of this race and therefore

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