9.3 Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination

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9.3 Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination

• Do you think most people are prejudiced or do you
  believe that most people are free from prejudice?
• What are some prejudices that dont involve race
  or ethnicity?
• Prejudice widely held negative attitudes toward
  a group (minority or majority) and its individual
  members.
• Racism Is an extreme form of prejudice that
  assumes superiority of one group over others.

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• Discrimination treating people differently
  based on ethnicity, race, religion or culture.
• How is discrimination different from prejudice?
• Hate Crimes A criminal act motivated by
  prejudice.
• Stereotype a distorted, exaggerated, or
  oversimplified image applied to a category of
  people.

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• If children continually hear parents malign a
  minority group, they will reject all members of
  the group, on all counts and in all situations.
• Language itself can reflect prejudices
  blackball, blacklist
• Self-fulfilling prophecy an expectation that
  leads to behavior that causes the expectation to
  become reality.