I happen to think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: a man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Prejudice is the root of all other social evils and stems from the need to dislike others.
- In plain terms
- Prejudice causes all other bad things because people just want to dislike others.
- What can you take from it?
- Combat prejudice since it breeds all other harms.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you see prejudice?
- How do you challenge it?
Another view
Other evils may exist independently of prejudice.
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