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Prejudice in Today’s Society and How it Affects All Types of People

Peyton Watts

Arizona State University

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Statement

These infographics cover a very important topic in today’s society, prejudice and the

effect it has on people’s lives. Many people all across the world have been affected by

discrimination at least once in their lives. It is a problem that has become all too common.

Prejudice can vary among many different topics. For example, an unarmed black teenager

could be shot and killed by a police officer because of a prejudice the officer may have towards

the victim. Another example is women not having equal pay to men. The reason this infographic

was created is to show people how many situations across all groups of people, are affected by

discrimination. Prejudice can be spread across any race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc

and can have very drastic effects on a person’s life. For example, I watched a Netflix

​ his covers the aftermath of the murder of William Ford Jr.

documentary called ​Strong Island. T

The thing that interested me the most about this documentary is instead of covering the court

case or police reports of the murder, it follows how it affected the Ford family. The film is

directed by Yance Ford, the brother of William Ford Jr, as he gives very in depth descriptive

information regarding the struggles the incident gave to his family.

Something that does get overlooked in today’s society is the discrimination against

people who are not minorities. Although it may not happen as often or on as wide of a scale that

it does for people who are minorities, it is still a common thing that happens in today’s society.

For example, I included a piece in my infographic from the Joe Rogan Experience podcast

about people discriminating against white people. Another thing that is talked about in this

episode of the podcast is extreme feminists being prejudice against men. Rogan discusses a

feminist he follows on Twitter whose profile picture says “Trust no man.”

They then discuss how in today’s society it is looked at as “ok” to be sexist against men, but if

for example a man’s profile picture said “Trust no woman” they would be scrutinized. Another
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example that Rogan lists is the controversy about the New York Times hiring Sarah Jeong, who

in the past had tweeted very racist comments about white people. Rogan explains how in

today’s society if that were someone tweeting about a different race, they would not be able to

find a job anywhere, but since the comments were about caucasian people it is seen to be ok.

The reason I made these infographics was to show that almost everyone in today’s

society gets discriminated against one way or another. Now, some groups have far worse

repercussions than others, but at the end of the day no one should be judged by their race,

religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Society will not advance socially in anyway until everyone

can look at someone and see past their race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. The theme

I want to stress the most is not about equality, it is about unity. Until every man or woman of

color can stand next to someone who is not, and vice versa, treating them the same way you

would treat anyone else there will be no equality. You cannot have equality until everyone is

united.

The colors I chose have a base blue scheme to them. The reason I chose the blue

scheme is for two reasons. The first reason is because a lot of the information I retrieved

throughout my research was in regards to police violence among African Americans. Blue is a

color that people associate with police. I thought it would be a good color to use, because it

relates to a lot of points I use throughout the infographics. The second reason I used blue is

because I have always thought of blue as a uniting color. For example, in a lot of free nations

flags the color blue is present, because of this I have always made a connection between the

color and being free. I chose a basic sans serif font for my two infographics because I felt that a

serif font is not as professional. Prejudice is a very serious and sensitive in the 21st century, so I

felt using a very professional font was the right choice. The pictures on each infographic I used
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to draw more attention to the design. If someone were to see an infographic that was 100%

words and information they wouldn’t pay attention and probably would end up passing over it.

Infographics

Prejudice in Today's Society (1st Infographic)

Prejudice Among Races (2nd Infographic)

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