Stereotypes Of Prejudice In Iraq
Prejudice is a term used to refer to the behavior of one judging something or someone unfairly based on the little knowledge that one has about the subject. In most of the cases, the individual judges the matter without having the full information on the subject. They, however, believe that what they know is entirely right and are not open to different opinions. Such type of prejudice is what has acted as the foundation of the many divisions that exist among human beings today. These are such as religious differences, racism, ethnicity and many other types of discriminations. In such kind of instances, one group believes that the other is entirely different from the other. In such cases, the different type of groups usually treats the other
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The answer lies in prejudice. The negative attitude that the American soldiers had towards the Iraqi people is what led to them mistreating the Iraqi prisoners. This was majorly influenced by the fact that an Iraqi terrorist group had recently attacked America in 2001, in the 9/11 attacks by a terrorist group, led by Saddam Hussein. The negative stereotype around the Iraqi people had led the American soldiers to believe that everybody in Iraq was a terrorist. Hence, they tortured the prisoners with the belief that they were doing the right thing. Such kind of instances only demonstrates how violent and dangerous prejudice can be. Bias has also led to other inhuman acts such as acts of racism and ethnicity. An example of acts of racism is such as the discrimination of the minority population in America especially in the late 60’s & 70’s where black people were discriminated and looked down upon by whites and regarded as weak and insignificant because of their skin …show more content…
For instance, blood group A, B, AB are found in all the races of the world regardless of one's race or ethnicity. The genes across all the races are also very similar to each other, there exist only very few differences. In fact, 75% of the cells found in the body of a man, is identical to someone else’s cells. Issues such as ethnicity and races don’t create much of a difference. The difference is made by the way we view things. Our thought process usually creates a sharp division between us, especially with the negative stigma that we are brought up with about the other group of
The answer lies in prejudice. The negative attitude that the American soldiers had towards the Iraqi people is what led to them mistreating the Iraqi prisoners. This was majorly influenced by the fact that an Iraqi terrorist group had recently attacked America in 2001, in the 9/11 attacks by a terrorist group, led by Saddam Hussein. The negative stereotype around the Iraqi people had led the American soldiers to believe that everybody in Iraq was a terrorist. Hence, they tortured the prisoners with the belief that they were doing the right thing. Such kind of instances only demonstrates how violent and dangerous prejudice can be. Bias has also led to other inhuman acts such as acts of racism and ethnicity. An example of acts of racism is such as the discrimination of the minority population in America especially in the late 60’s & 70’s where black people were discriminated and looked down upon by whites and regarded as weak and insignificant because of their skin …show more content…
For instance, blood group A, B, AB are found in all the races of the world regardless of one's race or ethnicity. The genes across all the races are also very similar to each other, there exist only very few differences. In fact, 75% of the cells found in the body of a man, is identical to someone else’s cells. Issues such as ethnicity and races don’t create much of a difference. The difference is made by the way we view things. Our thought process usually creates a sharp division between us, especially with the negative stigma that we are brought up with about the other group of