The Lawrences believe racial prejudice influenced the Metropolitan Police's attitude in their investigation of the killing.

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And it commits the main party leaders - who all signed it - to taking action against any candidates or campaigners who provoke racial prejudice.

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Nor was racial prejudice entirely unknown in Renaissance Europe.

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Racial prejudice, then, is just that: prejudice.

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Furtive pick-up scenes or moody vignettes about racial unease and prejudice give way to hopeful domestic tableaus.

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