Prejudice can be defined as any preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience, 2. Prejudice or prejudice injury that results or may result from an action. or judgment, and in part because of the First Amendment, which gave all Americans the rights of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, many Americans believe they have the right to verbally judge who and whatever they seem appropriate, without any measure. However, these same Americans underestimate the impact that prejudice can have on a person's body and mind because, as we all know, prejudice multiplies. Prejudice can also affect all phases of life: the past, present and future. Maya Angelou said: “Prejudice is a burden that blurs the past, threatens the future, and makes the present inaccessible. Hundreds of years ago, when slave owners saw African Americans, they saw fear. Fear of what would happen to the white population in the United States if African Americans finally gained power. This is why, in the eyes of slave owners, African Americans were considered heathen, uncivilized, incapable of success, incapable of success. This is why African Americans were denied the right to vote, the right to representation, and the right to marry. But it was these same pagans who created monumental inventions: Fredrick Jones's air conditioner (1949), Richard Spikes' automatic gear shift (1942), Charles Drew's blood plasma bag (1945), Henry T. Sampson (1971), T. Elkins' Toilet (1897), GT Sampson's Clothes Dryer (1862), Alexander Miles' Elevator (1867), T. Marshall's Fire Extinguisher (1872) , Garrett Morgan's gas mask (1914), Burridge and Marshman's typewriter (1885), and the list goes on. Prejudice c...... middle of paper...... things they can't understand. Maya Angelou said, “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and makes the present inaccessible. » Yet the First Amendment gives all Americans the right to verbally prejudge who or whatever they see fit. That America may create a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity, we must , as a nation, eliminate prejudices. . This does not mean removing the First Amendment, it means that the American people should look at other people who are different, others of a different race, others with thoughts, interests, desires, needs, motivations , different strengths and weaknesses, like the Americans. and not as foreigners, enemies of the existence of the United States..