Some Form Of Prejudice

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Everyone has some form of prejudice. If you say you don’t you’re lying although it is possible you might not be aware of it. Most people commonly associate prejudice with racism, however it falls much deeper than that. One common prejudice that is often heard and or made out to be a joke is that, all blonds are dumb. This happens to be completely false to say the very least.
Prejudice is often the root of many arguments and disagreements, as is falls under a level of ignorance. Members of society often fail to educate themselves on a particular subject before offering an often-poorly thought out opinions on said subject. They then allow these poorly thought out opinions, which are really prejudgments to effect our decisions, whether that is

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