A MOVIE THAT DEALS WITH
DIVERSITY ISSUES
THE COLOR PURPLE

TYPES AND SOURCES OF PREJUDICE
In the movie The Color Purple, there is much racial and gender prejudice, as is obvious. There was a moment in the store when a well dressed and likely financially well off black lady, with what may have been Celie’s baby girl, was making some purchases in the local store. The shopkeeper regarded her harshly, but was very obliging when he realized that she would buy something. He was also very rude and had even less regard foe Celie, who wasn’t so well dressed and so appeared poor. The white shopkeeper was rude to both of the black ladies: the first because she was black, and the second because she was poor and black. The position of the black woman in society as the lowest of the low, put upon because of both her gender and her color.
Racial and gender prejudice are the main prejudices, and that is quite obvious and quickly evidenced by the way women and girls are treated. It......

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