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Prejudice and DiscriminationPrejudice
  • Prejudice is a system of negative beliefs,
    feelings, and action-orientations regarding a
    certain group or groups of people.

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Prejudice and DiscriminationPrejudice
  • Prejudice- means prejudgment, and unjustifiable
    and usually negative attitude toward a
    group--often a different cultural, ethnic or
    gender group. It is a mixture of beliefs
    (overgeneralized - stereotypes), emotions
    (hostility, envy, or fear), and predispositions
    to action (to discriminate).

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Prejudice and DiscriminationPsychology of
Prejudice
  • The psychology of prejudice examines the
    subjective state of individuals, noting three
    levels of prejudice
  • Cognitive
  • Emotional
  • Action-orientation
  • Some possible causes are self-justification,
    personality, and frustration aggression

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Prejudice and DiscriminationPsychology of
Prejudice
  • Cognitive- persons beliefs and perceptions of
    group as threatening/non-threatening, inferior/
    equal, seclusive/intrusive, impulse gratifying,
    acquisitive, or possessing positive or negative
    characteristics
  • Emotional - feelings that a minority group
    arouses in an individual
  • Action-orientation - positive or negative
    predisposition to engage in discriminatory
    behavior.

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Prejudice and DiscriminationPsychology of
Prejudice
  • Self-Justification- denigrating a person or group
    to justify maltreatment of them, leading to
    prejudice and discrimination against members of
    another group
  • Authoritarian personality - harsh parental
    discipline, child tends to be insecure and
    nurture much latent hostility against the parent.
    As an adult, may demonstrate displaced aggression
    against a powerless group to compensate for their
    feelings of insecurity and fear.
  • Frustration - result of relative deprivation in
    which expectations remain unsatisfied

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Prejudice and DiscriminationSociology of
Prejudice
  • The sociology of prejudice examines the objective
    conditions of society as social forces behind
    prejudiced attitudes.
  • Some possible causes are--
  • Socializations
  • Competition
  • Conformity to social norms

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Prejudice and DiscriminationStereotype
  • A stereotype is an overcomplicated generalization
    by which we attribute certain traits or
    characteristics to any person in a group without
    regard to individuals differences.
  • Once established, stereotypes are difficult to
    eradicate, as several studies have shown.

9
Prejudice and DiscriminationEthnophaulisms
  • Ethnophaulisms are derogatory words or
    expressions used to describe racial or ethnic
    groups.
  • Ethnic humor is often at the expense of a
    particular group, but may also serve to
    strengthen group cohesiveness, dissociate oneself
    from stereotypes of ones group, or affirm
    oneself by pointing out the absurdity of ones
    predicaments..

10
Prejudice and DiscriminationSocial Prejudice
  • Television plays a major roll in shaping
    attitudes and perceptions.
  • Studies find television usually perpetrates
    stereotypes as well as reaffirming viewer
    attitudes.
  • One study showed one-fourth of respondents
    believed TV depicted reality and influenced their
    racial and ethnic attitudes

11
Prejudice and DiscriminationSocial Prejudice
  • Greater interaction and education do not
    necessarily reduce the level of prejudice in a
    society.
  • Use of cooperative learning technique in a
    classroom setting has demonstrated an effective
    means of promoting better intergroup
    understanding and self-esteem

12
Prejudice and DiscriminationDiscrimination
  • Discrimination is an action or practice of
    differential and unequal treatment of other
    groups of people, usually along racial,
    religious, or ethnic levels.

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Prejudice and DiscriminationDiscrimination
  • Like prejudice, discrimination also exists at
    different levels of intensity
  • Verbal expression
  • Avoidance
  • Exclusion
  • Physical abuse
  • Extermination

14
Prejudice and DiscriminationEthnoviolence
  • Ethnoviolence is a new term describing a wide
    range of behavior against a particular group.
  • Merton explains how social-situational variables
    can influence the relationship between prejudice
    and discrimination

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Prejudice and DiscriminationEthnoviolence
  • The International Scence boxed feature discusses
    institutional discrimination against the Irish in
    Northern Ireland. (pg. 101)
  • Think about what must be done to lessen the
    prejudice and discrimination that sow the seeds
    of violence in Northern Ireland.

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Prejudice and DiscriminationAffirmative Action
  • From its origins in 1941 through the present,
    affirmative action programs have been
    controversial.
  • Supreme Court rulings in the late 1970s and
    1980s upheld the principle of affirmative action
    but since 1989, a more conservative court has
    been ruling against race-conscious remedies.

17
Prejudice and DiscriminationAffirmative Action
  • Evidence about the programs success is mixed.
  • Minority group opponents call affirmative action
    misplaced condescension that has poisoned race
    relations.
  • Negative public opinion polls and proposed
    legislation suggest the real possibility of
    significant changes to come.

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Prejudice and Discrimination
  • What is prejudice? What are some of its
    manifestations.
  • What are some of the possible causes of
    prejudice?
  • What role do the media play in combating or
    reinforcing stereotypes?
  • What is discrimination? What are some of its
    manifestations?
  • What is the relationship between prejudice and
    discrimination?
  • Discuss the pros and cons of affirmative action.
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