Transcript S. 1: Prejudice

Prejudice
List Two Adjectives that Describe
Each of the Following
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Chinese person
Librarian
Homosexual person
Blonde
Muslim
Minority Group
A group in which the members have
significantly less power, control, and
influence over their own lives than do
members of the dominant group.
Prejudice
An unjustified negative attitude toward a
group and its individual members suggesting
lower social status.
- Global
- Judgmental
- Oversimplification
Prejudice against various aspects of
identity:
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nationality
racial and ethnic identity
gender
sexual orientation
religion
appearance
weight
disabilities
hair color
profession
Elements of Prejudice
► Stereotype
– "mental cookie cutters"-they force a simple pattern upon a
complex mass and assign a limited
number of characteristics to all
members of a group.
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necessarily judgmental.
► Inaccurate.
► Resistant to change.
Discrimination - making choices about
how we treat other people.
► Unlawful:
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sexual and racial discrimination;
unlawful: a coach who shows favoritism
towards his/her child over other players.
Stigma - an attribute that serves to discredit a
person in the eyes of others.
• Tribal
– Gender, Race, Religion.
• Personal
– Addictions, Mental Disorders
• Physical
– Weight, Deformities
Scapegoating - blaming an individual or group
unfairly for something when in fact the
blame lies elsewhere or when it is uncertain
where the blame lies.
Examples:
- Blaming all the Muslim people for the attack on
9/11
- Blaming all the Japanese for the attack on Pearl
Harbor
Research on scapegoating shows that
individuals, when frustrated or unhappy,
tend to displace aggression onto groups
that are disliked, are visible, and are
relatively powerless.
Levels of Prejudice
• Explicit Prejudice – prejudicial attitudes
that are consciously held.
+ Not necessarily expressed.
+ Negative
• Implicit Prejudice
+ Unconsciously held prejudicial attitudes.
Origins of Prejudice
► Social
Learning - prejudice and
stereotypes are learned through through
modeling the beliefs and actions of others.
• Models
• Reinforced
• Media
Origins of Prejudice
Realistic Conflict - prejudice is the outcome
of direct competition for limited, valued
resources.
• Have vs. have-not.
• Scapegoating.
• Minority group gets valuable resources.
Solutions
No group should be made to feel:
Embarrassed;
Ashamed;
Inadequate
based on their race, color, religion,
gender, disability, or appearance.
Solutions
► Choose
to be aware;
► Choose
to be more inclusive of people
of other economic background,
appearance, gender, religion and race;
► Spend
one day, week, a month, year
refusing to reading material not
written by people of color.
Solutions
► Question
whether the pictures and
other visual representations in your
home are multicultural or multiracial;
► Break
the silence by refusing to
tolerate racial slurs, jokes, and racial
attitudes.