ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some other areas of the prejudice in which color is important; second, prejudice that is related to nationality conflicts; prejudice that involves religious differences; social biases which arise out of economic, political, and the class conflicts. The prejudices almost always arose from fear of attack and from divergences in culture, for except in rare instances, the Native American race was never a serious economic threat. The Mexican immigrant began to arrive in numbers to supplement this labor supply, especially in the expanding commercial agriculture of California. Prejudice, then, induces childish anxieties and dependence on the master group, whereas mutuality should be the rule. The interactions resemble those of children and adolescents rather than of mature adults who are concerned with common public matters. The chapter concludes with an interpretation of the place of prejudice in culture and society, and with suggestions as to how it may be alleviated, if not eliminated.
