All 9 Uses of
prejudice
in
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
- It had to be done, moreover, without local help, in the face of the direst poverty, done by begging, and done in spite of the ignorance of one race and the prejudice of the other.†
Chpt Intr.
- Then, when we rid ourselves of prejudice, or racial feeling, and look facts in the face, we must acknowledge that, notwithstanding the cruelty and moral wrong of slavery, the ten million Negroes inhabiting this country, who themselves or whose ancestors went through the school of American slavery, are in a stronger and more hopeful condition, materially, intellectually, morally, and religiously, than is true of an equal number of black people in any other portion of the globe.†
Chpt 1
- I have found, too, that it is the visible, the tangible, that goes a long ways in softening prejudices.†
Chpt 10
- I pity from the bottom of my heart any individual who is so unfortunate as to get into the habit of holding race prejudice.†
Chpt 11
- Dr. Curry is a native of the South, an ex-Confederate soldier, yet I do not believe there is any man in the country who is more deeply interested in the highest welfare of the Negro than Dr. Curry, or one who is more free from race prejudice.†
Chpt 12
- Judging from my personal acquaintance with Mr. Cleveland, I do not believe that he is conscious of possessing any colour prejudice.†
Chpt 14
- I have also found that few things, if any, are capable of making one so blind and narrow as race prejudice.
Chpt 14 *prejudice = unreasonable and unfair belief or feeling
- I said that I made the same plea that I had made in my address at Atlanta, for the blotting out of race prejudice in "commercial and civil relations."†
Chpt 15
- The outside world does not know, neither can it appreciate, the struggle that is constantly going on in the hearts of both the Southern white people and their former slaves to free themselves from racial prejudice; and while both races are thus struggling they should have the sympathy, the support, and the forbearance of the rest of the world.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
bias that prevents objective consideration -- especially an unreasonable belief that is unfair to members of a race, religion, or other group