“Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity.” PeopleWarChristianFightingChristianityRecordsHolyEuropeRootsPrejudiceIslamWesternEastToleranceViolentCrusadesWestern EuropeHoly War Author:Karen Armstrong
“These people in the North-East of Ireland, from old prejudices perhaps more than from anything else, from the whole of their past history, would prefer, I believe, to accept the government of a foreign country rather than submit to be governed by hon. Gentlemen below the Gangway.” PeopleBelieveCountryWholeGovernmentPastI BelievePartyAcceptingPrejudiceEastGentlemanIrelandSubmitForeign CountriesNorth East Author:Bonar Law
“Edward Said talks about Orientalism in very negative terms because it reflects the prejudices of the west towards the exotic east. But I was also having fun thinking of Orientalism as a genre like Cowboys and Indians is a genre – they’re not an accurate representation of the American west, they’re like a fairy tale genre.” ThinkingSaidFunTermNegativePrejudiceWestEastTalesGenreHaving FunFairyFairy TaleAccurateRepresentationCowboyExoticAmerican WestOrientalism Author:Craig Thompson
“Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.” ProblemMiddleApproachPrejudiceEastMiddle EastBiasIsraeli Author:George Ball
“In the East we call this state meditation: no belief, no thought, no desire, no prejudice, no conditioning - in fact, no mind at all. A state of no-mind is meditation. When you can look without any mind interfering, distorting, interpreting, then you see the truth. The truth is already all around; just you have to put your mind aside.” MindLooksStatesFactsDesireBeliefMeditationTruth IsPrejudiceEastInterfereConditioningInterpreting Author:Rajneesh
“The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia” ReasonAmericaPrejudiceChinaEastJapanAsiaInabilityEast Asia Author:Hideki Tojo
“But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see games on the East Coast, and stuff like that. It's so unfair, because there is a bias that takes place.” FactsGamesStuffSportsPrejudiceWestEastBiasUnfairCoastWest CoastEast Coast Author:Marcus Allen