Ch.5 Building Inclusive CommunitiesCh.5 Building Inclusive Communities

Stereotypes - Prejudice – Discrimination- Racism

What is prejudice?

An attitude of hostility directed at whole groups of people involving a prejudgment based on insufficient data

What is a stereotype?

A view of a person or group that is based on inaccurate or incomplete knowledge

Stereotypes & PrejudiceStereotypes & Prejudice

Negative prejudice...

When stereotypes are combined with fear or selfishness, they can become prejudice.

Threatens the rights of people

Illogically exhibits stereotypical thinking

Resists new information

Roots of PrejudiceRoots of Prejudice

Prejudice is learned

The home is the central school for learning prejudice

Sexism is one of the earliest prejudices formed

Antilocution – speaking against

Avoidance – avoiding members of a disliked group

Discrimination – harmful actions against disliked persons

Physical attack – violence and hate crimes

Extermination – killing the undesirable

person or group

Stages of PrejudiceStages of Prejudice

Physical Attack: Hate CrimesPhysical Attack: Hate Crimes

Did you know….

47.3% are racially motivated

20% are motivated by religious bias

19.3% result from sexual-orientation bias

12.8% result from ethnicity/national origin basis

.6% were prompted by disability bias

‘‘Extermination’Extermination’ Types of extermination:

1. Assassinations 2. Lynchings 3. Massacres 4. Terrorist bombings 5. Genocide

Examples: The Holocaust, Rwandan

genocide in 1994

Attempting to Explain PrejudiceAttempting to Explain PrejudiceQ. Why do people hold on to their prejudices?

. People are too careless to think through and let go of prejudice

. Scapegoats are an easy way to deal with negative emotions

. Prejudice makes people feel superior

. Prejudice thrives because it pays both psychologically and financially

Q. What are some characteristics of people who are prejudiced?A. Difficulty dealing with ambiguityA. Low self-esteemA. Authority-oriented1. Think of someone you know who is prejudiced. How do they exhibit one or more of these behaviors? How can you have a positive impact on their prejudice?______________________________________________________________________________

Ways to Overcome PrejudiceWays to Overcome Prejudice

Work with people of different

backgrounds

Participate in programs that

put you in the shoes of others

Discourage stereotypical language and prejudice among family and friends

Establish laws/rules that require the fair treatment of others

Additional Ways to Overcome Additional Ways to Overcome PrejudicePrejudice

1. Pray for your ability to include and accept others2. Learn to celebrate differences

3. Recognize inequalities in your school, work place, and parish4. Avoid racial stereotypes, jokes, slurs

5. Refuse to participate in any verbal attacks on homosexual persons6. Treat those with disabilities as unique individuals

7. Visit a nursing home with some friends8. Avoid sexist comments

9. Include rather than exclude

2. Choose one suggestion from the this slide or the last that you can do. Explain, in concrete terms, how you will work to overcome prejudice. __________________________________________________________

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Prejudice & DiscriminationPrejudice & Discrimination Discrimination occurs when people who are motivated by prejudice use their power to deny individuals

or groups the right to participate in community.

Structural discrimination occurs when patterns of personal discrimination make their way into social structures; it may be consciously chosen (apartheid) or unconsciously chosen by an institution or society.

Types of Discrimination:Types of Discrimination:SexismSexism

misguided belief that one sex is superior to the other

Examples of sexism:• In no country in today’s world are women paid

as well as men ($.78 / $1.00, etc.)• There is greater poverty in households headed by

women• Some countries restrict the political participation

of women• Women condemned to unending menial labor• Women victimized through violence

AgeismAgeismprejudice exhibited against older people

Examples of ageism:• More and more elderly are living in poverty• Stability of Social Security and Medicare are of

great concern as more people retire• The move to legalize euthanasia may also decrease

palliative (end of life) care

RacismRacism

A personal bias and social disorder rooted in the belief that one race is superior to another. It involves not only prejudice by also the use of religious, social, political, economic, or historical power to keep one race privileged.

Institutional RacismInstitutional Racism The term "institutional racism" describes societal

patterns that have the net effect of imposing oppressive or otherwise negative conditions

against identifiable groups on the basis of race or ethnicity.

3. Why is it important to differentiate institutional racism from personal bias?

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Effects of RacismEffects of Racism

*suffer disproportionately from violence *are incarcerated disproportionately

*have shorter life spans *lack educational opportunities *have a large number of families

headed by single women

There still is a large income gap between African

Americans and Caucasians

African Americans:

Also, keep in mind. . .

Effects of RacismEffects of Racism

* Have a history of working low-paying, sometimes unsafe jobs in ranches, farms, mines, and railroads

*Have trouble getting a decent education (children of migrant workers, etc.)

* Face immigration problems * Suffer from low wages, lack of health care and decent education, unsafe and congested housing

Hispanic/Latino Americans:

Effects of RacismEffects of Racismon Native Americans

Negative Effects of Native American

Reservations

Housing Homelessness

Poverty

UnemploymentDeath rates

among youth

Education

Responding to Discrimination & Responding to Discrimination & Racism: Affirmative ActionRacism: Affirmative Action

Employment programs required by federal statutes and regulations designed to remedy discriminatory practices in hiring minority group members.

These programs are meant to:

•eliminate existing and continuing discrimination

•remedy lingering effects of past discrimination

•create systems and procedures to prevent future discrimination

They are commonly based on population percentages of minority groups in a particular area.

Factors considered: race, color, sex, creed, and age.

Responding to Racism PersonallyResponding to Racism Personally• Attitudes about differences and diversity: When

we are around people who are unlike us, how do we feel deep down?

• Self acceptance: People who have a hard time accepting themselves often fail to accept others. They make a show out of what they think is wrong with others to bolster a false sense of security.

• Responding to prejudice: How do we respond to prejudice that is directed against us?

Responding to Racism PersonallyResponding to Racism Personally• The roots of our fear and hatred: Do we believe

that others’ differences somehow hold a threat or challenge to our own way of doing things? Are we taking out our anger at an individual who has harmed us by hating all those who seem to be like him or her?

• Basic approach to life: Do we have concern about other people or contributing to the common god of our communities?

Responding to Racism PersonallyResponding to Racism Personally• 4. Below, reflect on one of the five areas in the

previous two slides you want to focus on.

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Responding to Racism as a SocietyResponding to Racism as a Society• Historical patterns: How have past inequalities

affected the ability of people to participate in society today?

• Patterns of power: Who holds power in society, and how does that affect the ability of all to participate?

• Opportunity for all: Do all people have access to the benefits of society?

• Honesty: Do we as a community honestly acknowledge and address patterns of exclusion?

Responding to Racism as a SocietyResponding to Racism as a Society• 5. Examine a community to which you belong,

using some or all of the questions listed in the previous slide.

• ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Christian Roots of InclusivityChristian Roots of Inclusivity

During Jesus’ ministry, he included everyone, especially foreigners and those seen as ‘outcasts’ by society

Things to Consider about Inclusivity

St. Paul encouraged his converts to see through the external differences that

separate us

The Way of InclusivityThe Way of InclusivityRacial Justice

Root prejudice

out of own lives

Celebrate diversity

Learn from

others

Empathize with others

Support efforts to eradicate

discrimination

Appreciate our

common humanity