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1. Pre - judice [pre - judging] prej·u·dice [prej-uh-dis]Show IPAnoun, verb, prej·u·diced, prej·u·dic·ing. Noun 1.an unfavourable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. 2.any preconceived opinion or feeling, either  favourable or unfavourable. 3.unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes,  especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group
2. In other words... “Without knowledge, thought or reason” That translates as ignorant and stupid.
3. Obvious prejudices Apartheid in South Africa:
4. And... Segregation in the United States
5. And in the UK too
6. Hate crimes What is hate crime? Hate crime involves any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a personal characteristic. The definition covers five main strands, in particular - disability, gender-identity, race, religion or faith and sexual orientation. Legislation has been in place for a number of years to protect victims from such hate crimes, including offences for those who intend to stir up racial hatred, and those who commit racially and religiously aggravated offences or engage in racist chanting at football matches. New criminal offences have also been introduced in recent years to reflect the seriousness of hate crime, including enhanced sentencing. On 13 September 2012, the Home Office published statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales for the first time. In 2011/12, 43,748 hate crimes were recorded by the police, of which: 35,816 (82 per cent) were race hate crimes 1,621 (4 per cent) were religion hate crimes 4,252 (10 per cent) were sexual orientation hate crimes 1,744 (4 per cent) were disability hate crimes 315 (1 per cent) were transgender hate crimes Race hate crimes accounted for the majority of hate crimes recorded in all police forces
7. Some terrible results
8. Fiona Pilkington appealed more than 30 times to the police for help as her house was besieged and attacked, and her poor child mocked and terrified. There was no place of safety where they could feel secure, let alone happy. In the end, she went mad with grief and fear, and incinerated her daughter and herself in her car - a death so horrible that we can only wonder how ghastly their lives had been.
9. From the Daily Express Coming soon to a field near you: France’s Roma gypsies THOUSANDS of Roma gypsies are contemplating new lives in Britain as France smashes up its camps and deports them
10. Roma? Definition: The Roma are a widely dispersed Indo-Aryan ethnic group numbering about 15 million worldwide. The Roma, long discriminated against, were one of the ethnic groups targeted for genocide by the Nazis. Under Communist regimes, the Roma were subject to forced sterilization and bans on their cultural hallmarks such as music and language. Those still in India are mainly Hindu, but migrant Roma are usually Christian or Muslim.
11. Mr Clark, travel bore... Travel broadens the mind? Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
12. Europe now?
13. Hungary, now
14. Jobbik (better) Received 16.67% of the vote in the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary elections. That gained them 47 MPs. Gabor Ferenczi, a local Jobbik MP, said he wanted to see peace, order and safety in Devecser. This, he said, would be the reward for "normal" Hungarians who defended themselves against Roma. He urged villagers to call on the paramilitaries to help them. The paramilitary marchers, mostly bussed in from outside, heard an impassioned speech by Laszlo Toroczkai of the far-right Sixty-four Counties group, who told them there were three options: "To emigrate, to become slaves of the Gypsies, or to fight." "All the trash must be swept out of the country," said Attila Laszlo of the paramilitary For A Better Future Civil Guard. And ZsoltTyirityan of the Outlaw Army said "the Gypsy is genetically-coded for criminality".
15. Even in Italy... Italian plan to fingerprint Roma gypsy children in bid to end begging sparks uproar
16. Prejudice is often stereotyping
17. Is this Africa?
18. Or is this Africa?
19. Is this Africa? According to the International Monetary Fund, eleven of the twenty fastest growing economies in the world are in Africa. Developed by Vodafone and launched commercially by the company’s Kenyan affiliate Safaricom, M-PESA is a small-value (all transactions are capped at $500) electronic payment and store of value system accessible from ordinary mobile phones. Once customers have an M-PESA account, they can use their phones to transfer funds to both M-PESA users and non-users, pay bills, and purchase mobile airtime credit for a small, flat, per-transaction fee. The affordability of the service has been key in opening the door to formal financial services for Kenya’s poor.
20. Pre - judice Hope for the future: Knowledge through travel and the information age Young people’s tendency to reject prejudices The need to confront prejudice where it is seen Judging everybody as equal and avoiding stereotypes