His or her prejudices are always acquired......chiefly in fulfillment of his or her own neeeds. Yet the context of his learning is always the social structure in which his personality develops.
Gordon Allport,1954
Social scientists are now convinced that children learn,social,racial, and religious prejudices in the course of observing,and being influenced by,the existence of patterns in the culture in which they live.
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark,1963
Prejudice is not automatically and immediately eliminated by changes in social institutions....People cling to ideas and behavior that are clearly not only in conflict with reality and developing knowledge,but are also destructive to themselves.
Alexander Thomas,M.D.,1972
Is there less prejudiced today ? It is certainly less obvious,and what remains of it is mostly denied...the phrase"I'm not prejudiced"...is inevitably followed by a qualifier--"I'm not prejudiced,but..........."
Clarence Page,1996
Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy,because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced.
Margaret Halsey,1946
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