Valerie Plame with (clockwise from top left) Hillary Clinton, actress Naomi Watts, Queen Noor of Jordan, and TV producer Norman Lear. No one born into this world makes it very far without developing subconscious prejudices of one kind or another. These socially-constructed inheritances tend to lessen with experience and exposure to diversity, but no one truly escapes them. The challenge is choosing not to act upon the prejudices we have or tolerate their public expression by others.