Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Anne Frank # 2 - prejudice

Prejudice is an unresonable dislike by not knowing who that person or group really is. By just looking at them physically or beliefs, they are mistreated.
This can always happen, and I've seen it in historical books, movies, and also in our daily lives. Holocaust is an example of prejudice, because Jews were treated badly even though they were innocent. "The Hiding Place" is a book about Jewish people hiding from Nazi. They couldn't get equal rights as others just because of prejudice. Prejudice don't just happen in fiction books. It can also happen in our everyday life. Some people mistreat others just because of how they look, what they say, or what their belief is. People who have prejudice assume who others are just by looking at them and treat them in a bad manner.
The effects of prejudice is huge. It can kill huge amount of people, just like what happened in Concentration camp during Nazi occupation. The affect of prejudice is very dangerous, so that people should all be careful of just assuming who others are.

1 comment:

Seo Young M. said...

You wrote that you saw prejudice in your daily life. Something makes me think that it was at school, because... well... where else? ha Anyways, I saw a lot of prejudice in America. But not much in Korea. I saw prejudice in the American school; making fun of this Boy who liked pigs and non-fiction books. Where did you see prejudice, Kelly, in real life?