Prejudice is a disease that can never be gotten rid of.

Prejudice means an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prejudice) and disease means any harmful, depraved, or morbid condition, as of the mind or society( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disease)


I totally disagree with the statement. As the meaning above states, prejudice is just a feeling and that too a feeling which is formed without any knowledge which means that once a truth is known it might change. Infact it definitely will. People's perception over certain things change due to their experiences. Hence it is logicl to say that prejudice is something that will change and it can be gotten rid of people's minds. The difference is just the time that is taken to change it. Prejudice will be removed from people's mind when they analyse someone or something before forming a view. They also be more broadminded and should be able to take criticism. People should also treat others with equal respect regardless of race language religion or gender.

However it seems like it will take ages to get rid of it. Everywhere in this world there is some sort of prejudice. Be it racial or gender based. It seems like it is a cancer which takes countless surgeries for the tumor to be finally removed from the body. But the point to note is that it will be removed somehow. One of the examples of prejudice is stated below. It is an article from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3303261.stm

Racial prejudice 'rising in UK'

Britain's ethnic minority population is now 4.6 millionBritain became a more racist place last year after almost two decades of falling levels, a study suggests.
Almost one in three people admitted feelings of racial prejudice, compared to one in four a year earlier.

Media reports about immigration and a possible reaction to the 11 September attacks could be to blame, the 20th British Social Attitudes report said.
It predicted a "bumpy ride" in the immediate future, but greater tolerance in the long term as education improves.

'Very prejudiced'

According to the report, 2002's rise in racism followed a slow decline since 1987, when 39% of people admitted racial prejudice. The latest figures include the 2% of people who described themselves as "very prejudiced".

'Great changes' in UK attitudes

Britain's ethnic minority population has grown by 53%, from three million in 1991 to 4.6 million in 2001, the report added.

But authors Catherine Rothon and Anthony Heath said they found no link between the number of people settling in the UK and the level of prejudice.

Instead, they said it was "noticeable that there was a huge increase in articles relating to immigration from 2000 onwards".

This, the report suggested, "could well be linked with the reversal in 2002 of what had until then been a downward trend in levels of prejudice".

The researchers added that although many papers urged readers not to link Islam and terrorism after 11 September, "numerous" articles made just such a connection.
University education

Despite the recent rise in racism, the report predicted a return to increasing tolerance in the years to come.It suggested this would happen as more people went to university.
"People with degrees are less likely to describe themselves as prejudiced than are other educational groups," the study said.

The report said that people were more likely to become racially prejudiced as they grew older, although the effect of this would be "very small".

"Our best guess, then, is that the 'bumpy ride' will continue in the short term, but that in the medium term a continued decl