social prejudice

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Dr Strelluf, author of Villains and Tea Leaves: Redefining Cockney and Defying Stereotypes, said: "Although the focus of the report is Cockney, it is relevant to all Englishes that invoke social prejudice and discrimination."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Heath portrays these men as victims of social prejudice, pointing to anonymous commenters online mocking the men's appearance.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2022

While rejecting what they see as the widespread belief that all well-adjusted adults would couple-up if they could, these voluntary singles did express fear that social prejudice could affect their medical treatment.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020

But her higher aim is to expose the blunt social prejudice against attractive young women like Nat and Beth.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2018

Tryon's race impulse and social prejudice had carried him too far, and the swing of the mental pendulum brought his thoughts rapidly back in the opposite direction.

From The House Behind the Cedars by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)