Examples Of Prejudices In A Time To Be Happy By Nayantara Sahgal

Prejudice should not exist in this world. But unfortunately, it does and it always will somehow. The book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is an inspiring book and brings out hard truths about how the world used to be, about the great depression, and in some aspects how it still is today. It follows a girl named Scout and her family through three years of her childhood. Her father, Atticus Finch, took on a very big challenge to defend a negro for raping a girl. The book sort of revolves around this event. Prejudice is in many different forms of discrimination. Throughout the book it is demonstrated by race, class, and gender.

“Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp with ten thousand other Japanese Americans” said by unknown. Prejudice, connections with now and then, and could this happen today? Those are some things that we wonder about today when it comes to the era of world war II. What role did prejudice play in the Japanese-American Relocation? What modern day connections can we make with this time in American History? Do you think something like this could happen today?

The definition of prejudice is the unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc. An example of prejudice is when the black people suffered under slavery during the 1700. White people were afraid and hated blacks simply because they had a different skin colour. Slavery ended with a lot of violence, when they signed the emancipation proclamation. In Shattered by Eric Walters, there are many examples how the modern world has prejudice. In the book, there is this boy named Ian and he goes around learning about different forms of prejudices. One of the prejudices that Ian learned that people are prejudiced against homelessness. Shattered, there is a prejudices theme all trough out the book. The prejudices theme has to do with worthless, hatred, and murder.

Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the difficult times of the Great Depression in the early 1930’s. The novel surrounds the life of a young girl named Scout Finch, along with her brother Jem, and their friend, Dill. Who are forced at a young age to watch the people of their small town of Maycomb not only receive, but also give prejudice to numerous, harmless people. Whether it be Boo Radley, a shut in who falls victim to the town’s gossip, even though he is constantly showing acts of kindness towards the Finch children. Or it be Tom Robinson an innocent man that Atticus, Scout’s father must defend be accused rape, and be convicted of a crime he did not to just because of the color of his skin. Throughout the novel, the people of Maycomb deal with prejudice in the forms of sexism, intolerance of differences, and in racism.

In the novel Kindred by Octavia Butler, Dana’s hatred of the demeaning formality she must maintain with whites contradicts her fear of retaliation for not complying. Initially, Dana unexpectedly meets a stranger who– due to his white ethnicity– causes her to reflect on the humiliating means a black women must go to project a skewed form of respect. “...Maybe it was the fact that I hadn’t called him sir or master. I’d have to begin that degrading nonsense again”, Dana thinks to herself after noticing how the “man did not answer” her inquiries (Butler 127). Here, Dana seems to grasp for reasons why the man deliberately ignored her.

Bissenger employs an omniscient point of view and detail to convey the idea that prejudice and stereotyping are never good things.

An analogy has been drawn about how she was in the past and how is she now. She was a carefree person, demanding love in her life, wanting to take care of her children and become a house wife and now she works as a schoolteacher, has become a responsible person concerned about her husband and child, struggling for her son’s life, bearing tantrums of her sister-in-law and living in a small house in a small city. On the other hand, Komal, sister-in-law of Anjali is a character shown who seems to be frustrated from her life from the time she has lost her husband. The book has depicted another face of an Indian woman, who lives her entire life following the customs that the society has decided for a widow. Anjali tried to make her first marriage successful by taking care of small things like making her husband, his favorite cardamom chai and best of meals while Prakash’s second wife Indu was never concerned about any of his likings and gave priority to her own personal

Albert Einstein once said: “It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.” In today’s world, prejudice is taking place more than one might think. Prejudice is very negative and often causes unhappiness. Truman Capote explains this by using negative imagery of stereotypes throughout “A Christmas Memory,” to show how society’s stereotypes restrict happiness and lead to negativity.

The final example of prejudice is the novel is related to shame. Numerous characters in the novel became ashamed of who they were and their social class, just because of the prejudices against their class. Take for example Darry, who, as stated by Ponyboy on page 142, chapter 9, is secretly “ashamed to be on our side (the greaser side), ashamed to be seen with the Brumly boy Shepard’s gang, maybe even us.” Just because of the prejudices against the greasers, like the prejudice that they’re all lousy hoods, Darry felt ashamed to be seen even with his own brothers. The next character affected by prejudice is Randy.

Human equality has always been an issue in every part of the world. Prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes have been passed on from one generation to the next. The Society has accepted these behaviors to be normal and acceptable. According to the article, “Causes of Prejudice” by Vincent N. Parrillo, there are two types of prejudice; psychological and sociological. Psychological prejudice focuses on individual behavior, where as sociological is focused more on a group. Psychological Prejudice is based on an individual’s behavior and occurs when an individual thinks and acts certain ways that can positively or negatively affect someone else. I believe that both Causes of prejudice are important, however in my opinion sociological prejudice can harm not just an individual but certain race or group of people. Therefore, sociological prejudice can be very damaging because these are beliefs that have been passed down from generation to generation in a form of a discrimination, and stereotypical behavior.

what a bad father he is and why his family have been given a bad name.

Unfortunately due to our past history, discrimination had been among us from since decades. Discrimination and prejudice would probably be among us until the end of the world. Prejudice and discrimination is an action that treats people unfairly because of their membership in a particular social group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs to rather on that individual. It is an unfair treatment to a person, racial group, and minority. It is an action based on prejudice.

In today’s world, there are many social issues, like poverty, vandalism and unemployment. However, prejudice has become the most dramatic one. Prejudging people for their appearance is a common practice that humans perform. People are not only ridiculed for their color, but also by their religion, sex or age. Therefore, I consider that racism, ageism and sexism are the three major problems in our society and we need to cease them immediately. Much of our world’s history were based upon racism. In the 1600’s, white men used Africans as slaves and treated them as they were not human. "Colored" people were not even allowed to use the same drinking fountains as white people. Fortunately, in the last three decades, race

The day in shadow primarily deals with the struggle of a young, beautiful and daring Indian woman trapped under the burden of a brutal divorce settlement and the agony and unhappiness. Simrit experiences in the hands of cruel and unjust male dominated society of India. The novel exposes the life of the political leaders, business barons, journalists, and free thinkers in the bee and flow of the daily living in New Delhi. Nayantara Sahgal’s had presented the social life of these people living in India in the early sixties when India was on her way to progress after the attainment of independence. The novelist shows that though Indians had got freedom yet it was only on the surface level as in their attitudes to love,

In any society, how we see ourselves and how others treat us depends on many factors. Race, ethnicity, and cultural background are identifiers of individuals. Most people have confronted prejudice based on these identifiers, either personally experiencing discrimination or knowing someone who has. Beyond ensuring organizational compliance with a country’s anti-discrimination laws, it is incumbent upon managers to support diversity in the workplace and to be culturally competent.