"Prejudice is a disease we can never get rid off." Discuss.

Prejudice is an opinion formed without taking the time or care to judge fairly. Such an opinion may be favourable or unfavourable and is held without regard to the available evidence. Prejudiced individuals tend to twist, distort, misinterpret, or even ignore facts that conflict with their predetermined opinions. For example, a prejudiced person might believe that all individuals of a certain age, national origin, race, religion, sex, or region of a country are lazy, violent, stupid, emotionally unstable or greedy.
Because of prejudice, millions of people have been denied equal chances for jobs, housing, education, and participation in government. In Nazi Germany, extreme prejudice led tot he killing of millions of Jews, Gypsies, and other members of minority groups during World War II (1939-1945).
Prejudice may develop when one group fears that competition from another group will deprive them if prestige, priviliege, politicla power, or economic opportunities.
Prejudice is truly something we can never get rid of. It may be passed from generation to generation. Many children learn prejudice from their parents and teachers. Institutions, laws, customs that discriminate against certain groups of people sustain prejudice. However, not all people accept the prejudices of their communities. Social scientists have learned that some people are more likely to form prejudices than other people are. This difference depends on variations in individual experiences and background.
Education, certain types of contact between groups, and instituitional change may help reduce prejudice. Education helps correct false generalisations that form the basis of prejudice. Contact between groups is most likely to reduce prejudice when the groups gather together for a common cause. Changes in instituitions, laws, and customs to reduce discrimination might eliminate some prejudice.