Furthermore, young white children learn the belief at an early age that they are superior to the black people. They are taught that “disease is the negro part of town” and that “coloured folks aren 't as good as whites”. Teaching children that a certain race, colour or religion is superior to another ensures the horrific cycle of prejudice continues through generations.
This negative attitude is a direct consequence of prejudice as is the physical pain inflicted by those who believe they are superior. In the book we witness the brutality that prejudice has the power to cause. This is seen when a young black man uses a “white only” restroom and two white men chase and beat him with a tire iron. The two white men acted in such a violent way …show more content…
In the breakfast club stereotyping has prevented the characters from creating friendships, they have been held apart by the idea the differences should not be accepted. Bender, the criminal, and Clair, the princess, have been kept separate through these social classifications, this has prevented them from having any kind of relationship. In the film, Bender and Claire find that they are romantically compatible. Bender, Claire and the rest of the breakfast club come to realise how the are affected by stereotyping they come to understand that people ‘see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. That 's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed’. It is only when the breakfast club have shed the stereotypes and admitted to each other who they really are that they are able to move forward in their relationships with each other. High School groups and cliques are a social norm, however these groups encourage predjudice therefore stopping growth as people focus on others social status rather than who they are as a person. Through the Breakfast Club, we can see that a world without predjudice would encourage growth through the formation of healthy relationships. The films ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘Crash’ are connected through the idea that prejudice prevents change. These films are fictional examples of how discrimination prevents development in a society, however there are many instances in our society were prejudice has prevented change. One example is the right for same sex couples to marry. Throughout history many people have been marginalised because of their sexual orientation. Many people believe that gay people are ‘possessed by demons’ and allowing them to marry is a ‘crime against god’, it is this
This negative attitude is a direct consequence of prejudice as is the physical pain inflicted by those who believe they are superior. In the book we witness the brutality that prejudice has the power to cause. This is seen when a young black man uses a “white only” restroom and two white men chase and beat him with a tire iron. The two white men acted in such a violent way …show more content…
In the breakfast club stereotyping has prevented the characters from creating friendships, they have been held apart by the idea the differences should not be accepted. Bender, the criminal, and Clair, the princess, have been kept separate through these social classifications, this has prevented them from having any kind of relationship. In the film, Bender and Claire find that they are romantically compatible. Bender, Claire and the rest of the breakfast club come to realise how the are affected by stereotyping they come to understand that people ‘see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. That 's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed’. It is only when the breakfast club have shed the stereotypes and admitted to each other who they really are that they are able to move forward in their relationships with each other. High School groups and cliques are a social norm, however these groups encourage predjudice therefore stopping growth as people focus on others social status rather than who they are as a person. Through the Breakfast Club, we can see that a world without predjudice would encourage growth through the formation of healthy relationships. The films ‘The Breakfast Club’ and ‘Crash’ are connected through the idea that prejudice prevents change. These films are fictional examples of how discrimination prevents development in a society, however there are many instances in our society were prejudice has prevented change. One example is the right for same sex couples to marry. Throughout history many people have been marginalised because of their sexual orientation. Many people believe that gay people are ‘possessed by demons’ and allowing them to marry is a ‘crime against god’, it is this