“If the men of the Middle Ages... lived in filth and discomfort, it was not for any lack of ability to change their mode of life; it was because they chose to live this way, because filth and discomfort fitted in with their principles and prejudices, political, moral, and religious.... It was in the power of medieval... craftsmen to create armchairs and sofas that might have rivaled in comfort those of today” IfsMenWayMightAgeTodayPoliticalReligiousAbilityMoralPrinciplesMiddleHe ManComfortPrejudiceMiddle AgesDiscomfortMedievalFilthSofasCraftsmanArmchairsAbility To Change Author:Aldous Huxley
“We may say, in a broad way, that Greek philosophy down to Aristotle expresses the mentality appropriate to the City State; that Stoicism is appropriate to a cosmopolitan despotism; that stochastic philosophy is an intellectual expression of the Church as an organization; that philosophy since Descartes, or at any rate since Locke, tends to embody the prejudices of the commercial middle class; and that Marxism and Fascism are the philosophies appropriate to the modern industrial state.” WayMayStatesPhilosophyChurchCitiesClassModernMiddleExpressionIntellectualOrganizationPrejudiceRateGreekAppropriateMiddle ClassBroadsFascismMentalityStoicismMarxismDespotismGreek Philosophy Author:Bertrand Russell
“Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.” ProblemMiddleApproachPrejudiceEastMiddle EastBiasIsraeli Author:George Ball
“I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.” HumorFunnyStrongMiddlePrejudiceWingsRadicalBiasRight WingMiddle Of The Road Author:Tony Benn
“I was discriminated against because I was Jewish, Italian, black and Puerto Rican. But maybe the worst prejudice I experienced was against the poor. I grew up on welfare and often had to move in the middle of the night because we couldn't pay the rent.” MovingNightBlackPoorPayMiddleWorstGrewGrew UpPrejudiceWelfareItalianMiddle Of The Night Author:Philip Zimbardo
“A sannyasin is one who has no prejudices, who has not chosen any ideology to be his own, who is choicelessly aware of all that is. In this choicelessness you will be in the middle. The moment you choose, you choose some extreme. The moment you choose, you choose against something; otherwise there is no question of choice. Being in a choiceless awareness is another meaning of being in the middle.” MomentsChoicesMiddleAwarenessPrejudiceExtremesChosenIdeologyYou Choose Author:Rajneesh
“IQ tests are routinely used as weapons against Black people in particular and minority groups and poor people generally. The tests are based on white middle-class standards, and when we score low on them, the results are used to justify the prejudice that we are inferior and unintelligent. Since we are taught to believe that the tests are infallible, they have become a self-fulfilling prophecy that cuts off our initiative and brainwashes us.” PeopleBelieveSelfUsedBlackWhitePoorResultsClassCuttingGroupsMiddleTaughtParticularWeaponsLowsStandardsTestsPrejudiceScoreMinoritiesMiddle ClassJustifyBlack PeopleInitiativeInferiorsFulfillingProphecyPoor PeopleInfallibleSelf Fulfilling ProphecyUnintelligentMinority GroupsBrainwash Author:Huey Newton
“Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women.” InterestOpinionMiddlePrejudiceDefeatEmployersMiddle Aged Author:Kate Smith
“Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.” SeemsValuesClassMiddleMilitaryCollegePrejudiceEverydayMiddle ClassServingCampusCollege CampusServing In The Military Author:Jack Kingston