I find this article really interesting, because I have thought and even done some research about this in the past. I think his descriptions of people trying to justify themselves with prejudice- and his explanation of how people try to find reason for doing what they do. However, he never really got into the specifics of why people are prejudiced in the first place- by people, i mean humanity. He talks about how a kid can grow up prejudiced because of their family, or their surroundings, but the real question is, why is humanity as a whole prejudiced?
If we go back to what he was, in fact talking about though, I generally agree with him, but i think there is no way to really know for sure why people do a lot of the things they do in terms of that. Some of the experiments that they conducted made very little sense, and i wasnt sure how they could possibly explain the cause of prejudice from them. However, his opinion was well presented.
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I think you bring up an interesting point, but I also that Parillo starts to address this, even if he doesn'tfully flesh it out. He talks about the process of subjugation. It is in our human nature to try and set ourselves above others in some regard. For example, if I apply for a job and a man gets it. I am more likely to blame it on the fact that he is a man than that he have been more qualified. From there, I proceed through the levels of prejudice until eventually, I hate men.
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