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Leah Roth <br />RAMS <br />Mr. Johnson <br />Honorable Mention <br />�re�uc�ice and Discrimination <br />Wllat is �r��udice and discrimination? <br />Discriminating is choosinga��et'�ear�7iE-s�aboutthe options after <br />4 <br />lots Q�experience. Like, in the morning, have you everaSkeC� r�ourse��, <br />"���� ��;sl. a m� going to wear toc�ar�"?" Cho o sing one outfit over another is <br />sim��� �?istirsguis�in� w�ic� o n e y o u Pre�er, b e c a u s e y o u know a b o u t each <br />of them andyou are ehao5in�t�e oneyou Ilke betterbased onyour <br />experience. <br />Prejudice i� making assumptions ab out something r.�ra�i know little o r <br />nothing ab out. �� t��r;� wake u p in the morning a n d Say, ''� have never tried <br />that outfit o n butit look.s uncomfortable so �`�� wearthls �ne," that is an <br />examp�e o� Pre�uc�ice, o rPre Jur�ging something. ;I � were talking ab out <br />PeaP�e orraces Of Pec�P�e, prejudice is "��e injury o rdamage is resulting <br />from sorne�uc�gmers� or action o�anotherin disregard of o��e'� rig�ts" <br />according to �e�ste�'s �]ictionar�. <br />Discrimination is acting on �reJudices. �eaP�e's acts, behaviors <br />and treatments of �i�eren�grou�s baSeC� on theirintolerance and bigotry <br />defines discrimination. S o,asyou can see, c�iscrirninatii-��, �re�udice and <br />discrimination are very �i�-�erent matters <br />Ai-s example o�prejudice is in my seventh grade science class. <br />T h e r e is a s tu d e nt who sits r�iagona��� from me who is from a cii�ererst <br />country, and speaks with an unusual accent than the k1dS sitting around <br />him. �'�1 cai� him''�i��c�", so as not to use h1s real name. ��ec�,who tries hard <br />to make friends and flt in, is teased ruthlessly �� the student sitting <br />behind him, f'� ca11 this studentJoe. Joe teases �reci because o�his <br />name, the name he wants to be called, how he talks, and any otherway <br />thatJoe canthinkof6t����inghim.WhenJoe isn'ttauntingandteasing <br />�rec�,Joe turns around and teases a k1C� who's nationality is c�i�erer�� <br />