Prejudice and racism are passed down from generation to generation or even spread through the media's portrayal of white officers and black suspects. People are not open to the idea of changing these ideas, largely due to the fear of making a mistake or being ridiculed. If people could learn to work together like Hannetjie and Brille, things could go much more smoothly and both parties would get what they want without any problems. However, it seems that racism and prejudice are at a very high and tense point in our country, with both sides unabated in their feelings. This is unfortunate, but that's the way things are. I personally don't judge anyone by race, but rather by how they treat me, act, and treat others. So many are quick to judge simply by how someone looks or what they think of them and do so without thinking twice. When the young man in "The Train to Rhodesia" saw the poor, old, desperate man selling a carved lion that had taken hours of his time to make, he decided to play on his desperation and eventually get it for next to nothing. second. The less fortunate should never be treated as unequal to anyone but treated with care and respect. Many times whites think that blacks and Hispanics are poor, lazy and wasteful. White people treat them like an adult treats children, with little equality. In most cases there is no real evidence that blacks or Hispanics are actually poor or wasteful, but
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