Prejudice And Racial Relations In Our Society

We, as American people, develop negative categorizations of groups because of our environment. The biggest problem that occurs within our society deals with prejudice and racial comments. All people have some sort of prejudice or racial backgrounds starting very early on in life, but they differ from one another. Moreover, it is very hard to racially identify yourself when there are many different views. Often times, people identify themselves by things their parents taught them. This creates a racial problem because the trend is never broke because people teach what they are taught. As a result of prejudice and racism, there are problems with race relations in our society that need to be addressed.
According to Beverly Tatum, prejudice is a preconceived idea or judgment based on minimal information. This is a judgment that can develop starting at a preschool age or whenever a child starts to retain information. Being prejudice is most often found when a person is exposed to misinformation about other people. Consequently, being prejudice is something …show more content…
They do have some advantages, but black people could have more opportunities if they put themselves out in the world. I do not think people should be racially segregating themselves. Everyone has a different race and they should all be socially accepted.
Personally, I identify myself as a white, American, female. I come from a German, Italian, Irish, and English background. My grandpa would consider it more of a melting pot because we do not have a specific heritage. He taught me about where I came from and how I got where I am today. I grew up being taught to accept everyone no matter his or her race or life style. But, now days this is becoming less common and people are becoming prejudice against each other for no reason. This is a problem that people need to work together on and push for a better society before we fall apart at the