Prejudice and discrimination have become a social problem in the United States. Prejudice is a form of racism. To understand what prejudice is, we must know what racism is first. “Racism refers to any actions, attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors, whether intentional or unintentional, which threaten, harm, or disadvantage members of one racial or ethnic group” (Fitzgerald). Racism manifests itself into many forms; which one of the forms is prejudice. Prejudice is a negative and unjustifiable attitude
economy plummeted. This in turn caused difficulties from severe unemployment to widespread poverty in the United States. Racial discrimination was not uncommon because tensions between opposing races skyrocketed after the abolishment of slavery. Prejudice because of gender was a usual everyday thing; women recently received the right to vote along with working paying jobs. However, women were still treated like property and dirt. John Steinbeck’s book Of Mice and Men was set during the Great Depression