Because we grow up surrounded by images of stereotypes and casual expressions of racism and prejudice, highlights how easy it is to project our stereotyped impressions onto groups in the manner in which we have seen them portrayed by the media without ever understanding the extent to which this may have influenced our thought processes.

- Culture of prejudice.

Explanation:

The 'culture of prejudice' is one of the most common concepts in sociology which asserts that the 'prejudice' intrinsically exists in culture and propagates the stereotypes associated to it casually as the inherent part of their culture which they use to dominate and repress the inferior classes(according to them).

As per the question, since we are born in an environment highly over-powered by these stereotypes of racism that it(stereotyped impressions promotes an entire 'culture of prejudice' which functions to propagate and advocate this prejudiced doctrines without paying much heed to understand the consequences that have been brought by these stereotypes('influence on our thought process').

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