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Every person no matter their ethnicity, age, or gender has a type of prejudice against something or someone. The movie, Westside Story, is a drama/musical, which takes place in a city of New York, probably in the early 50’s late 40’s that shows the hate of two rival gangs, which despises the other in a vicious circle of prejudice. Prejudice does not only cause discrimination, but also makes hatred and war between two groups. It may also show many other forms of prejudice like unfairness because gender. Some different ways of prejudice in the movie is between the Jets gang, the whites, and the Sharks gang, the Puerto Ricans, neither gangs want females involved in their gang activity, and Officer Krupky himself demonstrating prejudice in some approaches