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Race & EthnicityPART 2 – STEREOTYPES, PREJUDICES, & DISCRIMINATION
C H R I S T I N E M O N N I E R
StereotypeOvergeneralizations about the appearance, behavior, or other characteristics of members of particular categories.
PrejudiceA prejudice is a negative attitude based on faulty generalizations about members of specific racial, ethnic, or other groups.
RacismRacism is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices that is used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and the inferior treatment of another racial or ethnic group.
Theories of PrejudiceFrustration-Aggression / Scapegoating
Social Learning
The Authoritarian Personality
DiscriminationDiscrimination involves actions or practices of dominant-group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful effect on members of a subordinate group.
DiscriminationIndividual: one-on-one acts by members of the dominant group that harm members of the subordinate group or their property.
Institutional: the day-to-day practices of organizations and institutions that have a harmful effect on members of subordinate groups.
DiscriminationMerton’s Typology of attitude v. behavior Prejudiced Attitude?
Yes No
Discriminatory Behavior?
Yes Prejudiced discriminator Unprejudiced discriminator
No Prejudiced non-discriminator
Unprejudiced non-discriminator
DiscriminationJoe Feagin’s four major types of discrimination:
1. Isolate discrimination
2. Small-group discrimination
3. Direct institutionalized discrimination
4. Indirect institutionalized discrimination
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