How can we end prejudice??

Question

when Materazzi called Zidane a dirty terrorist I could think of nothing but prejudice. Zidane was chosen as the best soccer player in the world cup 2006, I wish the best for him..

Answer 1

Education. Ending prejudice will be a long and hard process. It can be done, but not any time in the near future. People need to learn to accept others for who they are instead of putting them down. They need to understand others before judging them, and if they do judge them, they need to do so based on thier evaluation of a single person, instead of making generalizations. Which cannot be accomplished without education.

Answer 2

Unfortunately so long as their is human insecurity then there will be prejudice. The category of "not me" is a very strong force in our lives.

Though it can be turned on its head: "not me" for me personally is any place where there are way too many people like me (all middle-class suburban causasians) -- I've overidentified with multicultural urban life, and have prejudices against uptight whiteys... go figure...

The other problem is that prejudice is just the nastiest version of something we do every day: make snap decisions based on our assumptions and sterreotypes. Sometimes we even use the sterreotypes and assumptions to MAKE others treat us a certain way. If punks and goths wanted not to be "alienated" from mainstream society, then they would code themselves differently in dress and manner.

So long as human beings communicate and give meaning to objects, then there will be prejudice.

Answer 3

I think Prometheus almost has it nailed on this one. Prejudice arises as a result of ignorance and the natural tendency to distrust anyone or anything that is different from ourselves. I think with education and a certain amount of tolerance for differences, prejudice can be overcome. The examples of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Mother Theresa are before us.

Answer 4

Tolerance for one another. People would have to believe that even though we are all different, we are not a threat. It is the actions of people that bring about problems If one person does something wrong, then everyone else will figure that all people like him or her must be the same. Education is also necessary. Unfortunately, instead of wanting to learn, people will say you are forcing others peoples way of life on them. That is seen in todays society.
Ignorance is bliss, and there are a lot of happy people out there.

Answer 5

Prejudice is a moral injustice. Morals cannot be legistated. Neither can they be forced upon people. People must change this from the inside out - from the heart - which is where it has taken deep root.

Prejudice ends when the individual, by reason of education, learns exactly how baseless it is. If he then is motivated to remove it from his heart, he will do so. Heart by heart, person by person.

Answer 6

Education.

Answer 7

Stop teaching it to our children. Children are not born prejudiced, they are taught it. My daughter had no idea that her best friend was black, no idea that her other best friend was Korean, she didn't notice any difference at all, except that her Korean friend was an amazing little artist.

Until we stop teaching our kids prejudism, we'll never be free of it.

Answer 8

Get new governments.

Destroy the class system.

Make education of any kind available to anyone who needs it.

Answer 9

We never will. People will always look at those not like them differently. We can lessen it, make it less extreme, but never completely erradicate it.

Answer 10

Prejudice is FUN!