Before we develop goals for our efforts in the Black Diaspora, we must decide what Economic Development means to Black folks. Click here to continue. More Prejudice is a negative or hostile attitude, opinion or feeling toward a person or group formed without adequate knowledge, thought or reason and based on negative stereotypes. Click here for more details. Prejudice is learned and can be unlearned.
Prejudices are attitudes rooted in ignorance and a fear of differences.
Whether the seeds are planted around the dinner table, on the playing field, by the water cooler or in the boardroom, they can grow out of control. Even worse, when not uprooted, prejudices get passed on from one generation to the next and can fuel discrimination, victimization, bigotry and hate. With awareness, education and action, we can weed them out.