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Why are some people filled with so much prejudice?

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Many people are content with the way they view the world. It makes sense. Everything is clearly cut, good and bad, us and them. They can analyse any event through their specific lens and it is reassuring to "understand" how the world works. It gives you power, why would you abandon power? read more

My guess is that it stems from at least three things: education, lack of curiosity and insecurities. Education. It's really hard to fight something you were told your whole life, especially when it comes from people you look up to like your parents or your teachers. read more

The reason that kids work so hard to put down other people, people from other places, people with other languages, people with different skin colors, people of other religions and the like, is that they are both ignorant and insecure. read more

“Because what people say is a function of their beliefs, and do not necessarily reflect the truth, the fact that some parents, families, or friends have negative thoughts about Blacks doesn’t mean that those thoughts are true, only that they believe it. read more

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