Ruben Navarrette: Blind Justice and Soft Bigotry

Summary


Americans talk a lot about the hard bigotry of racism, sexism, nativism or homophobia. But what we really need to combat, in all its forms, is the soft bigotry of prejudice.

A ridiculous and repugnant line of argument being made in California by opponents of gay marriage presents a valuable opportunity to engage this battle.

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Ruben Navarrette: Blind Justice and Soft Bigotry

First, prejudice is best defined as the tendency to "pre-judge" our fellow human beings and make assumptions about how they are going to act, or what they believe, based on some immutable characteristi...

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