All 10 Uses of
prejudice
in
Amistad
- For even if we do not personally own slaves, even if we do not hold prejudices against the darker races, if we permit such things to occur, we are as guilty and as sinful in the eyes of the Lord as the perpetrators of such heinous acts.†
Chpt 2.7
- Lewis Tappan believed that slavery was wrong on moral terms, an affront to God Almighty, and that anyone who permitted slavery or racial prejudice to occur without protest sinned as greatly as those who embraced the evils of oppression.†
Chpt 2.7
- "In fact," he once said, "if religious unity could be spread throughout the world and intermarrying between races accepted, then, within a thousand years or so, the planet will become peopled with a single copper-colored race of human beings, and the whole issue of prejudice and oppression based on skin color will fade away forever."†
Chpt 2.7
- I say that justice has been perverted here from the outset, validating without question certain prejudices against the color of a man's skin.†
Chpt 2.7
- But he let his prejudices make the decision regarding rights.†
Chpt 2.7
- Before I begin, Your Honor, I would formally like to protest the United States government's extreme prejudice in this case.†
Chpt 2.9
- There has been no prejudice exercised whatsoever.†
Chpt 2.9
- Forsyth had told the prosecutor that Madden was a prejudiced zealot and that he would be forced to admit that all of his assessments are based on conjecture and gross extrapolations.†
Chpt 2.9
- However, the law is sometimes prejudiced and don't sees things right.†
Chpt 2.10
- "...his impressions were highly prejudiced in favor of the blacks and against the Spanish slave owners."
Chpt 2.11 *prejudiced = with beliefs or feelings that prevent objective consideration
Definition:
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(prejudice) bias that prevents objective consideration -- especially an unreasonable belief that is unfair to members of a race, religion, or other group