In-group bias - Doral Academy Preparatory
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In-Group Bias:
Stereotypes, Prejudice and
Discrimination
Case Studies:
South African Apartheid
Rwandan Genocide
Jane Elliott’s Experiment
In-Groups and Out-Groups
• Social Identity
– Social
categorization
divide world into
in-group (“us”) and
out-group (“them”)
– When do we start
categorizing?
In-Groups and Out-groups
•
An in-group is a social group
commanding a member’s esteem
and loyalty; it is the one we
identify with.
•
An out-group is a social group
toward which one feels
competition or opposition.
•
In-group bias: view our own
group more favorably
Glossary
Stereotypes - beliefs about attributes that are thought to be
characteristic of members of particular groups. They can be
either positive or negative.
ex. Women are nurturing, car salesmen are dishonest
Prejudice - A negative judgment or opinion formed about a group
without knowledge of the facts.
Discrimination - Treating someone less favorably based on the
group, class or category they belong to. Discrimination is
prejudice in action.
Stereotypes
A mental image of a group
based on opinion without
regard to individual differences.
Oversimplification or
exaggeration about a group of
people
They can be either positive or
negative.
If individuals differ from
stereotype, they are treated as
exceptions.
Which of these stereotypes are attributed to
males and which ones to females?
Aggressive
Dependent
Easily Influenced
Dominant
Passive
Home-oriented
Talkative
Tough
Rarely Cries
Emotional
Cruel
Forms of Prejudice
• Sexism : prejudice based on a person’s biological gender
• Racism: prejudice based on a person’s ethnicity
• Sectarianism : prejudice based on a person’s religious background
and/or political beliefs
• Homophobia : prejudice based on a person’s sexual orientation
• Disability Prejudice: Prejudice based on a person’s physical or
mental abilities
• Ageism: prejudice based on a person’s age
• What forms of prejudice are more preponderant in society today?
Sourcing the Problem
Stereotypes, Ideas, and Beliefs
Attitudes and Emotions
Prejudice
Discrimination
Discrimination in Society
Legal Discrimination
System of laws in a
society allows for
discrimination to occur
Institutionalized
Discrimination
When discrimination and
inequality become part of
the social structure
No necessity for dominant
group to intentionally
dominate minority group.
More difficult to change
because it runs deeper
than the laws created.
Robert Merton: Patterns of Prejudice
and Discrimination
• The Active Bigot
– Prejudiced and Openly
discriminatory
• The Timid Bigot
– Prejudiced, but is afraid
to discriminate because
of society’s pressures
• The Fair-Weather
Liberal
– Not prejudiced but
discriminates anyway
because of society’s
pressures
• The All-Weather
Liberal
– Not prejudiced and does
not discriminate
Case Study:
South Africa Under Apartheid
• It was a system of
government in South Africa
from 1948 to 1990.
• Apartheid means separation:
the whites were separated
from the black Africans and
minorities.
• The white minority ruled the
country and the black
majority did not have many
rights.
How did the world react to Apartheid?
• A lot of countries
boycotted South Africa
during Apartheid: they
refused to buy its
products.
• Film and pop stars refused
to perform in South Africa
Sports Against Apartheid
• South Africa was absent
from international sport
events for most of the
apartheid era due to
sanctions
• A lot of teams and
champions refused to
compete either in South
Africa or against South
Africa
Nelson Mandela
• He was the most important
anti-apartheid leader
• He spent 27 years in prison for
his ideas
• In 1994 he became the first
black president after the first
free elections in South Africa.
• Used sports as a way to unite
the country, especially the
1995 Rugby World Cup
Case Study: Rwandan Genocide
• April 1994
• Fight between two
ethnic groups
• Hutu majority
conducted mass killings
of Tutsi minority
• Around 800,000 people
were killed over a
period of 100 days
Jane Elliott - Blue Eyes and Brown
Eyes Experiment
• 3rd Grade Teacher Jane Elliott
• Experiment conducted on the days
after Martin Luther King
assassination (1968)
• Wanted to explain discrimination
to 8 year olds.
• Experiment deals with
stereotypes, prejudice,
discrimination, and the creation of
in-group bias.