RACISM

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RACISM
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OVERVIEW

• Definitions
• Types of racism
• Levels and languages of prejudice
• Types of discrimination
• Development of racism
• Effects of racism
• Strategies to combat racism

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RACE

• The divisions of humans
• which have sufficient
• constant inheritable traits
• that identify them as
• separate groups.

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RACISM

• ... is any attitude or action
• of a person or institutional
• structure which subordinates a
• person or group because of his or
• her color.

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TYPES OF RACISM

• Personal /
• Individual
• Institutional

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Personal / Individual Racism

• Refers chiefly to the prejudicial
• beliefs and discriminatory behavior
• of individuals against certain groups
• of people.

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Institutional Racism
POLICIES
..That restrict the opportunities of minority
groups
BUSINESS COMMUNITIES SCHOOLS OTHERS..
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PREJUDICE

• An attitude, belief,
• negative feeling,
• or dislike based
• upon a faulty and
• inflexible
• generalization.

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Allports Levels of Prejudice

• Antilocution
• Avoidance
• Discrimination
• Physical attack
• Extermination

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Language of Prejudice

• Phrases of color
• Testimonial
• Slips
• Disparagement
• Stereotype

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Stereotype Language

• Caricatures
• Ethnic jokes
• Epithets

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DISCRIMINATION

• ...is the use of power to convert
• prejudice to action.
• ...Making a difference in treatment
• on a basis other than merit.

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Types of Discrimination

• Overt / Blatant Open
• Covert / Subtle Aggression

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Development of Racism

• Contact
• Unequal power
• Social visibility
• Ethnocentrism
• Competition

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• EFFECTS
• OF
• RACISM

• Abilities Ineffectively
• Used
• National Income
• Deviant Behavior
• Adverse Effects On
• National Income
• Intergroup Tension
• Violence

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• ADVERSE
• EFFECTS
• OF
• RACISM

• Birth Until Death
• Contagious
• Deviant Behavior
• Defense Mechanisms
• Stereotypes

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• ECONOMIC
• DRAIN
• DUE
• TO
• RACISM

• The Correction
• Cost Are High
• Requires Many Skilled
• People To Correct The
• Problem
• An Under-Use Of The
• Victims Skills Potential

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Awareness Education Participation Membership Legis
lation Change

• STRATEGIES
• USED TO
• COMBAT
• RACISM

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SUMMARY

• Definitions
• Types of racism
• Levels and languages of prejudice
• Types of discrimination
• Development of racism
• Effects of racism
• Strategies to combat racism