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PREJUDICE: In My Own Words Walking down the street, a large variety of people can be seen. There will be businessmen, athletes, the occasional bum, maybe a punk rocker or two, rappers, some country boys, and who the heck else knows what walking the other way. Everywhere a person goes, the store, school, the movies, anywhere, this diversity can be seen. It is exactly this diversity which forms the basis of my definition for the …

…have pushed aside my prejudices and took a chance on someone that in my mind wasn't "worthy ". Those people taught me the greatest lessons, lessons in courage, humility, and life. I struggle daily with the task trying to shed the preconceived notions that form my prejudices but to no avail. The only thing I can do is to try overcoming the barriers that my mind has erected against people that are seem different from myself.