FIVE STAGES OF PREJUDICE

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FIVE STAGES OF PREJUDICE

• JUSTICE AND PREJUDICE

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ANTILOCUTION

• LITERALLY SPEAKING AGAINST
• EXPRESSING NEGATIVE FEELINGS FOR OTHERS BY
  SPEAKING AGAINST THEM
• INCLUDES CLICHÉ EXPRESSIONS AND ETHNIC JOKES
• RESULT REINFORCES PREJUDICES
• DEHUMANIZES PEOPLE

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AVOIDANCE

• DELIBERATELY AVOIDING THE PRESENCE OR COMPANY OF
  THE DISLIKED GROUP
• EXAMPLES NOT SITTING NEXT TO AN OUT GROUP
  MEMBER ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR CROSSING THE
  STREET TO AVOID SUCH A PERSON
• RESULT DEHUMANIZES OTHERS

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DISCRIMINATION

• CONSISTS OF HARMFUL ACTIONS AGAINST DISLIKED
  PERSONS THAT DENY THEIR EQUALITY AND FUNDAMENTAL
  HUMAN RIGHTS
• INCLUDES EXCLUSION FROM JOBS, NEIGHBORHOODS,
  CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
• RESULT DEHUMANIZES
• ACTIVELY HARMS
• DENIES BASIC RIGHTS

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PHYSICAL ATTACK

• VIOLENCE
• HATE CRIMES
• INCLUDES DESECRATING GRAVEYARDS, PINTING
  SWASTIKAS ON SYNAGOGUES, RAPE, GAY-BASHING,
  RACIAL AND GANG VIOLENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS
• RESULT DEHUMANIZES
• ACTIVELY HARMS PERSONS AND
• PROPERTY

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EXTERMINATION

• THE ULTIMATE FORM OF PREJUDICE
• ELIMINATING THE UNDESIRABLE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
• INCLUDES ASSASSINATION, LYNCHING, MASSACRE,
  TERRORIST BOMBING, ETHNIC CLEANSING
• RESULT ULTIMATE DEHUMANIZATION
• DEATH OF INDIVIDUALS
• GENOCIDE

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PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE

• LAZY THINKING
• SCAPEGOATSMEANS OF DEALING W/ NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
  (DENIAL)
• FEEDS NEED FOR SUPERIORITY
• PAYS IN TERMS OF POWER/MONEY

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ORIGINS OF PREJUDICE

• HOME PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR LEARNING PREJUDICE
  (PARENTS SCHOOLS/NEIGHBOR- HOODS/CHURCHES)
• SEXISM PREDISPOSES ONE TO A HIERARCHICAL WORLD
  VIEW POWER--SUPERIOR/INFERIOR

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PREJUDICED PERSONALITY TYPE

• DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH AMBIGUITY (RIGID)
• SUBJECT TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM
• AUTHORITY-ORIENTED
• RESISTANT TO CHANGE