Prejudice is a disease we can never get rid of. Discuss.

Prejudice is a biased opinion against someone or a group which may be considered unreasonable. There are different kinds of prejudice: racism, linguicism, ageism, heterosexism, prejudice based on differing political stances, and classism or elitism based on ones' socioeconomic status. If prejudice is referred to as a disease that cannot be gotten rid of, it means that it possesses hate and fear which is permanent throughout our lives.

I agree to the statement that prejudice is a disease that we can never get rid of. In my opinion, we can never totally stop people from being prejudice, but we are able to change the perception that they have. The main reasons prejudice is what most people will have, is due to the strong emphasis and coverage we have in the media, the treatment to some races that is passed on from parents and children, and painful history. These causes to prejudice can never be eradicated due some reasons. For example, we cannot rewrite history, nor able to totally correct the “values” that parents educate in their children.

Prejudice is indeed a disease which makes people hate and fear. It is also like a plague, something that is widespread and causes side effects. Those who fall in the category of being prejudice against, will fear for the rest of their life, until one great leader stands out and bring them out of their misery. They are very vulnerable to attacks, and often many surrender to the bullying because they feel that they are born to lead this life. Anger, frustration and depression grow deep within them, and when it gets out of control, they turn around for revenge. One recent example is the mass killing in Virginia Tech. The media coverage on it has been intensive, more importantly specifying the nationality of the student in a foreign country; a South Korean student in the United States. We cannot deny that in a fast globalizing world, there is still the idea of inferiority complex which has not died down since the colonial days. No matter how well developed an Asian country is, it is still not comparable to those in the States and Europe. Through this murder, we can clearly see that the emphasis made by the media and use of internet, are a great influence in our technologically advancing society.

Everyone has their own fears and bad experiences and coincidentally, they might be done by those groups or individuals, whom we dislike. In these cases, it further aggravates the hatred we have for them. Hence, prejudice is like a disease, almost permanent and cannot be removed, regardless of right or wrong.