Harley men look intimidating to timid people because they express power and pain through their tattoos, loud engines, and studded jackets. Yet most are law-abiding citizens who pay their taxes, keep steady jobs, take family vacations, and even love the arts. All people project a persona. When we judge people before getting to know them, we commit the act of pre-judging prejudice. People s actions and behaviors will determine their worth as a human being not their appearance.
Employers often discriminate against someone who doesn t look like the rest of the team.
In the late 1960s, hippies were denied jobs because their hair was too long. Whether or not we agree with the hippie movement, we must recognize them as some of the world s less threatening people. Jews are good with money, you know. To associate Jews with money is a stereotype. For thousands of years, some Jews made their livings as bankers and loan brokers long before the practice of money lending was legal.