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Differential Prejudice While the abhorrent prejudice evident in the book Black Like Me, written by John Griffin, and in the movie "Gentleman's Agreement", directed by Elia Kazan, against blacks and Jews respectively, seems similar in nature, it is important to note that they are not equal. An exploration of the difference in the method and complexity required for the transformation of each main character is demonstrative of the requirements for entry too the respective groups. …

…differences in the treatment and opportunities that are given to blacks and Jews in the two stories we are still faced with an ugly truth, that the cancer of prejudice has invaded the fabric of society. That cancer takes many forms, from benign skin tabs to stage IV leukemia. Like cancer, the treatments are many and varied, but impossible to pin down and occasionally useless. In the end the best medicine is education and prevention.