National prejudices and racial prejudices are two situations that occur in the society and are present in the current time. First, we need to understand the meaning of prejudices. Prejudices “it is usually a negative connotation about a group or its members” (Plous 12). Now, to determine the difference among them it is necessary to understand the meaning of both. National Prejudices means “to create wrong concepts of other populations of any country just based on some common beliefs or misunderstood data” (Goldsmith 7) which creates love or hate to these people just because they belong to determine country. On the other hand, racial prejudices do not include all the people from a nation but a “prejudice against or hostility toward people of another race or color or of an alien culture” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary), this means that it is a minor number of people in each country but not all of them. In fact, there can be races spread in different countries around the world.
So, national prejudices are non-critical judgments to people because they belong to a determinate country and racial prejudices are non-critical judgments because they belong to a determinate race. Both are products of assumptions and …show more content…
She wrote about how she felt for being discriminated. Paradoxically, this occurred during the “World Awareness Week” and that is why she states: “Ironically the day I proudly decided to wear my traditional clothes you made me feel so scared of being Mexican”. (“An open letter to my racist friend” Karla Condado). Also, she was told to enjoy her last days in The United States before they kicked her out, which is a symbol of the feeling of superiority that this person has over other people different from his race or
So, national prejudices are non-critical judgments to people because they belong to a determinate country and racial prejudices are non-critical judgments because they belong to a determinate race. Both are products of assumptions and …show more content…
She wrote about how she felt for being discriminated. Paradoxically, this occurred during the “World Awareness Week” and that is why she states: “Ironically the day I proudly decided to wear my traditional clothes you made me feel so scared of being Mexican”. (“An open letter to my racist friend” Karla Condado). Also, she was told to enjoy her last days in The United States before they kicked her out, which is a symbol of the feeling of superiority that this person has over other people different from his race or