Topic > Analysis of In Defense Of Prejudice by Jonathan Rauch

Simply Psychology.org discusses a study of the human mind conducted by Dr. Sigmund Freud which states: “A prejudiced child may not act on his or her attitude. Therefore, someone can be prejudiced against a certain group, but not discriminate against it. Furthermore, prejudice includes all three components of attitude (affective, behavioral and cognitive), while discrimination is just behavior” (Mcleod). The reality is that everyone is biased, as Rauch argued. Those crazy, obnoxiously anti-bias liberals are prejudiced. To say that someone is a prejudice is to say that we ourselves are a prejudice. It's very sad that they can't see that they are just creating an endless cycle of prejudice. It makes them prejudiced in calling someone else a prejudice, just as it makes them prejudiced in calling someone else "spic" or