An incident where I saw bias, prejudice or oppression taking place comes from the movie Corina, Corina. This movie is about a African American woman who takes on a position as being maid to a middle class Anglo man. The movie shows the prejudices that were held years ago. the hardest prejudice that Corina would have to get over came when the Anglo man along with herself found themselves wanting to have a relationship, and having that relationship be open for others to see.
The biase and prejudice about their relationship was seen in the society in which they lived and in their own families; everyone had either a concern or hate toward this relationship the two had formed. Equity was diminshed for both Corina and the Anglo man because everyone should be have the equall right to love. This incident brought up for me the struggle that many have to go through if they do not conform to societies views about what is right. In order to turn this into an opportunity for greater equity the family members around them as well as community would have to be willing to give up their biases and prejudices.
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