In my 72 years, I've met very few people who do not have some sort of prejudice. Many who do not are either those of very limited social contact experience or are those incapable of making inferences and judgements.
Many who are quite proud of their lack of racial prejudice nevertheless have very strong tribal prejudices, e.g. ""They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" or "Donald Trump’s supporters could be put in a 'basket of deplorables'”.
BTW, ALL incoming college students are "stupid" and/or ignorant and/or uneducated. That is the whole purpose of a good college - to educate students, to make them aware of new facts, cultures and peoples. To teach them to examine facts, evaluate the presenter of those facts and their competence and veracity, compare those new facts with their existing knowledge, then make inferences and judgements based on the sum total of their knowlegge and experience.
These new inferences and judgements enable them to more quickly and accurately make preliminary evaluations of new information and experiences. This might be called "pre-judging in light of past experience".
"Once bitten, twice shy" applies to animals at petting zoos, strange dogs and rattlesnakes, among other situations in life. It is a prejudice that may save you inconvenience, pain, suffering or an untimely death. Some prejudices are good, though they need to be routinely reevaluated and adjusted.
As a parting thought:
"Oh, she sailed away on a bright and sunny day,
On the back of a crocodile.
“You see,” said she, “he’s as tame as he can be”
"I’ll ride him down the Nile.”
The croc winked his eye as she bade them all good-bye,
Wearing a happy smile.
At the end of the ride the lady was inside,
And the smile was on the crocodile!
I can remember my mom singing that crocodile song!
That might be the theme song of the Democrats attempting to leverage the Antifa and BLM movements as shock troops for the new “order” they want to foster in America.
That might be the theme song of the Democrats attempting to leverage the Antifa and BLM movements as shock troops for the new “order” they want to foster in America.