Racism And Prejudice

Racism and prejudice has affected almost everyone at least once in their life. Whether people are aware of it or not, most people are judged by strangers every time they walk into a room. They may not be judged only by their skin color but also by their appearance, sexual orientation, social class or even religion. Those affected by this problem know the harm and humiliation that results from it. Not only does it cause harm to the person being judged but it could also ruin their public perception to people they have not even met yet. In a recent poll held by CNN to see what percent of people agree that racism is a problem in our society today, 66% were blacks, 64% were hispanic and 43% were whites. Using these statistics, one could argue