Prejudice is the most important word in Jesus Colon’s short story “Little Things are Big” because it shows how prejudice determined the actions between different ethnicities and it was the biggest stereotype to all white people from immigrants. “Little Things are Big” is a story that is narrated by a Puerto Rican man who sees a woman struggling to move between trains with her kids and luggage. He hesitates on helping her, and instead pushes past. He regrets not helping her and her kid later. Prejudice is the most important word because it shows how prejudice determined the actions between different ethnicities. The piece of evidence is: “What would be the first reaction of this white American woman? Would she say: ‘Yes, of course you may help