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by jessys_gurl on October 17th, 2006

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Why do people discriminate? Do they really think that they are better than other people just because they were born into a different "group?"

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  • by Perryman on October 18th, 2006

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    People "buy in" to popular thinking in their region.
    In a general sense, all of us are victims of prejudice. However, when quickly dispelled, prejudicial thoughts will likely cause little or no hurt.
    It is the nurturing of such thoughts that can result in harm. It can deceive us into believing a falsehood. For example, under the influence of prejudice, some people truly believe that a person can be greedy, lazy, stupid, or proud simply because of belonging to a certain religious, ethnic, or national group.
    In many cases such misjudgment gives birth to unfair, abusive, or even violent treatment of others.
    I feel that racial predjudice is a "tool", one of Satan's machinations that he freely uses to divide people.

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