In Pride and Prejudice, one of the things that Austin does is prove to us how true this really is. ... The specific elements that will be examined are prejudice in Elizabeth and pride in Darcy. Elizabeth's negative prejudices can be broken up into three major groups: in favor of Wickham, in favor of her own family, and against Darcy, which includes Darcy's pride. In short, Elizabeth's apparent prejudices and Darcy's marked pride are reversed in our eyes with Darcy's letter. ... When Elizabeth realizes how she, who had prided herself in her positive prejudices, had ...

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"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."" What is prejudice? ... Racism is just another form of prejudice. ... However, a hate crime is not really about hate, but it's about biases or prejudices; essentially hate crime refers to criminal conduct motivated by prejudice. ... A "flamer- is a person who is positively bursting with gay pride, they go to the marches, they are not afraid of public displays of affection. ...

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The attributes of pride and prejudice are assigned to Walter and Karl, to show that society judges based on race. ... Those who even attempted to do so, brought the racial prejudice on themselves. ... "What I mean is I don't know how come, man, but we got all this pride going. ... The theme of pride shows itself at various times, such as, when Walter turns down Karl Lindner's proposal, or when his sister Beneatha expresses knowledge of and pride in African heritage. ... The Youngers eventually, proudly live their dream, yet they must continue to fight the racial prejud...

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Reification is the root of most prejudice and the book in Unit 6 describes the source of prejudice may come from the expression of who we are and we think that this will gain us social acceptance. ... Many could also say that reification is caused by extreme pride. When pride makes one feel that he or she is better than another and a feeling of contempt is directed at others this is no longer pride but vanity. ... In other cases, the white people may have felt extreme pride at one time and then this pride turned into vanity which is an origin of reification. ... Sometimes this prejudice...

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The language we speak is a direct reflection on our culture, something we should have pride in, but different languages also form barriers between individuals. ... Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself."" (81). ... Overcoming prejudice requires education, legislative action, community involvement and government policies that promote diversity and acceptance. By increasing our understanding of the fundamental causes of our prejudices, and the gradual development of educational programs, we can significantly change the patterns of discrimination that are present t...

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Raisin in the Sun is a play that has many themes on pride and dreams. ... Also, pride is also an important theme of the play. ... That's his pride, of being the man in the family. Even he was a little down when his friend steals all of his money, he regains his pride not to sell the house to Mr. ... Prejudice and discrimination is one of the minor theme in the play, but can't be forgotten. ...

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Avildsen, tells the harsh life style of a British boy, growing up around racism and prejudice. ... P.K. has a mixed back round which helps Maria to disagree with racism and prejudice. ... And to P.K. she was his pride and joy, it kept him going. ...

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Many people believe that racism gives whites the faith they need in the war for freedom from other races, and gives us a sense of "pride and destiny". ... " (Atlantic) Much bias has been implemented by racist sects of society, thusly causing minorities to come up short because of simple prejudice. ... There is also the matter of ridiculous prejudice. ... Sadly, it exists everywhere throughout the world, because no human civilization can exist without prejudice. ... It can't be said if people will get over their prejudice, and one could have faith of such, but only time w...

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Still, we can see that at some time, a time probably no longer remembered by the family (except perhaps for Mama), the furnishings of this room were actually selected with care and love and even hope "and brought to this apartment and arranged with taste and pride. ... Even though the apartment is apparently in a bad section of town the Youngers do not allow the inside to reflect their surroundings; they have more pride than that. ... The plot of the play seems to be divided between two subjects: an insurance check for ten thousand dollars and racial prejudices that African Americans ...

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The Honorable 54th Regiment The 54th regiment is honored for their bravery and attempt to bring about the best for their country, struggling through many barriers dealing with prejudice and discrimination, this regiment attacked and kept its strength to overcome their obstacles and become one of the first black regiment's to fight for the United States. ... This quote demonstrates the idea that there was a lot of discrimination and prejudice against the blacks, the fact that white individuals treated these black soldiers in a lowery manner, demonstrated how blacks felt hatred against...

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I take pride in the fact that I've never held a bias or discriminated against anyone in my entire life. ... Nevertheless, I still don't agree with their extreme prejudice and I doubt that I ever will. ... After I became old enough to ask the right questions and do a bit of research, it didn't take long for me to realize that not everyone in the world felt the same way as my family did, though a great many people were practiced in the art of prejudice. ...

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Trying to convince Antigone not to bury Polynices, she cautions her that: " we are women we're not born to contend with men."" (74-75) Medea lives under the same prejudices as Antigone. ... If women didn't exist, Human life would be rid of all its miseries."" (573-575) Medea refers to the perceived inferiority of women herself, though perhaps in a sarcastic way, to the chorus: "We were born women "useless for honest purposes, But in all kinds of evil skilled practitioners."" (577-578) The prejudices in the play doesn't come as a surprise taking into account th...

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In setting out to define speciesism, its basic definition which Singer identifies is "a prejudice or bias in favor of the interests of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species" . ... Perhaps the best and most common analogy by which to better understand speciesism is to equate it with various other prejudices, most notably racism and sexism. ... Philosopher Steve Sapontzis" objection to the analogy of speciesism with racism and sexism is much like an appeal to the pride of women and minorities. ... One can easily see where the appeal to emotion is present...

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By "erasing" certain minority groups from the public eye, society has created a birthplace for strong prejudice against minority groups. ... Identity helps these women acknowledge their femineity and their culture as well as their sexuality and also instils a degree of pride. ...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...

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