The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish, and the tyranny's of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity & goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for He is truly his brothers keeper and the finder of lost children, and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers, and you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Ezekiel 25:17. New testament.
             This author will attempt to show two different forms of prejudice, using African-American Black History, and the persecution of the Jews in World War II.
             What is prejudice? Prejudice is an extreme attitude towards one particular group of people, and it compromises the components of all attitudes including:
             · Cognitive component, i.e. stereotyping
             · Affective component, i.e. strong feeling of hostility
             · Behavioral component, i.e. actions and manners. (Gross-Science of Mind and behavior 1999).
             Allport (Gross et al 1999) states that the behavioral component may include five different examples:
             · Antilocution: hostility via verbal expression, verbal denigration & insult, racial jokes and references.
             · Avoidance: keeping a distance but not inflicting physical harm.
             · Discrimination: exclusion from civil rights, decent housing and employment.
             · Extermination: indiscriminate violence against an individual or a whole group, including Genocide.
             When we observe `prejudiced behaviour ` by an individual or group, it is apparent that these people are of an Authoritarian personality i.e. they look up to Authority and respect it accordingly, but look down upon those that they believe to be inferior to themselves. This automatically creates an `in & out` group. I will now examine the beliefs of the Ku-Klux-Klan (hereafter referred to as the KKK), and...