Therefore, other strategies such as guest talks and city council meetings, as well as church groups, must also address such differences and promote tolerance and understanding. While it is imperative that society functions without prejudice, in a smooth, diversity-promoting way, competing interests could always overthrow this delicate balance. Certain institutions must therefore conduct a never-ceasing effort to promote understanding through communication and interaction, for only in this way can one find a lasting solution to race and class-based prejudice. The above paragraphs have discussed how prejudice has been fostered in two segments of society. These two groups include Arab-Americans and African-Americans. With respect to the latter, it has been described that African-Americans have suffered at the hands of prejudice, both racial and class-based,...

In the case of the former group, it has been shown that Arab-Americans have only recently been discriminated against, mainly because of lack of knowledge and ignorance, and the wrong link promoted by various individuals in American society that wrongfully accuses all Arab-Americans of being Muslim, or being affiliated with Al Qaeda, or the 9/11 attacks. This group has been interesting to examine, for there is little, if any, class-based prejudice, and race is the only facet that promotes prejudice in this case. Lastly, the paper has also promoted some tentative solutions in order to address these problems, with specific focus on better communication of problems, wants and needs, which has been claimed to be the only thing that could actually bring about a lasting solution and a positive promotion of diversity.