This morning, we want to talk about "Prejudice." - It is everywhere, all the time and it affects all of us - members of the majority group as well as the minority. Some of the most well-known types of prejudice include: Racism, Sexism, Classicism, Ethnicity, Homophobia; Nationalism; and Religious prejudice. Some groups elicit prejudices characterized largely by fear, others by disgust and others by anger. Modern racism is prejudice revealed in subtle, indirect ways because people have learned to hide prejudiced attitudes in order to avoid being labelled racist.
On the Forum@8 we ask you this morning: "are prejudices a fundamental and natural part of what makes us human?" is it natural?
Our guests, American Poet and playwright John Murillo, clinical psychologist at King Dinuzulu Hospital and member of the Psychological Society of South Africa Suntosh Pillay and Social Commentator and Former Chairman of Gauteng Provincial Executive Council Jacob Molapisi disagree.