A Sociological Analysis Of Prejudice

How would the world be different if there were no prejudices? Well, of course, this would be an ideal world but it’s unrealistic because we are conditioned to have prejudices all our lives. I like many still have prejudices and though I try not to listen to them, it can be difficult to change your outlook when you’re conditioned to believe it throughout your life. A sociological analysis of how prejudice affects not only my life but those around the world can help understand why we are conditioned to believe these prejudices and their origin. Of course, experiencing prejudice can be somewhat disheartening and I could attest to that from my experiences at my last college which was a predominantly white institution. I’ve applied to jobs on their

Well, this ideology has been “programmed” into us since childhood. With the known research of how children can pick up on the subtleties of racism from an early age, we have constantly been bombarded by these ideologies. In a world where practically everyone has a computer at their fingertips, we still seem to struggle with stereotypes but if we have access to the knowledge to disprove it why does this thinking continue? It can partly be contributed to the Thomas Theorem, people believe something is real and because of this, it becomes real. For example, the stereotypes that blacks are lazy because people believe this to be true opportunities for black people are taken away because they believe that they won’t work hard enough, which causes black people to be unemployed which people use as evidence to prove the

There are people who are aware of their prejudices and are proud of them which I find disappointing because they affect the lives of many because of their misconceptions. The justice system in America is prime example, though the United States make up 5% of the World’s population we have 21% of world prisoners, African Americans and Hispanics make up 56% of incarcerated people yet only making up 32% of the US population making African Americans five times more likely to be incarcerated compared to Caucasians. (NAACP) These percentages do not add up, if justice is truly blind then shouldn’t people of all races be punished equally if the same crimes that are committed? Unfortunately, the reality of prejudice and racial bias of people affect the lives of many people not only in the justice system but in school policies, hiring processes, and societal