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    Discrimination and prejudice are problems that have plagued American society since its founding. Up until the late nineteenth century people feared the American Indians, and until the mid-twentieth century it was legal to deny someone services or education based on the color of their skin. It was only until recently that it became socially acceptable to treat people with different skin colors as equals. What lay behind these issues, why did people accept these things as the norm, and how can…

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    Prejudice, preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. This definition means that people will judge, give an opinion, before they know anything about something or someone. In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many examples of prejudice throughout the story. Whether it be with Scout being ridiculed for being a tomboy, or Boo Radley being judged without anyone ever knowing or seeing him. Even with Atticus’s case and everyone judging him for helping…

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    together with certain traits or characteristics. Prejudice is explained by negative feelings towards other people based on their membership or connection in specific groups. Discrimination concerns behaviors, particularly negative ones, directed against individuals because of their membership in a particular group. Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination all operate independently, but they often influence and reinforce each other. An example of prejudice in the film, Schindler’s List, is…

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    Prejudice against others “is based on stereotypes and can impede effective and efficient intergroup communication” (Matusitz 91). It creates misunderstandings between people and can cause people with a prejudicial attitude to act unfairly toward others. Prejudice-based bullying—where a person bullies someone because of a prejudice they have against their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, etc.—occurs frequently…

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    Prejudice has most likely existed since people could first speak. Mankind has a history of fearing the unknown and unfortunately have irrationally used prejudice as a means to justify their own ignorance. During colonization of the Americas, Europeans misunderstood, mistranslated much of the culture. As a result sailors who ventured to the Americas, viewed the indigenous as uncivilized by their own standards. Thus, when the sailors returned to Europe, the misrepresentative views of the…

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    (3) Prejudice Reduction Prejudice reduction is a way of developing positive attitudes toward a variety of racial, ethnic and cultural groups by incorporating lessons and activities into lessons. Research shows that students come to school with negative attitudes and misconceptions about different groups, socially, racially and ethnically (Aboud, 2009. Stephan & Vogt, 2004). Lessons that include content about different racial and ethnic groups by incorporating positive images help students…

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    In modern society, stereotypes and prejudice have become a common issue, causing people to feel offended and experience a lower level of self-worth. Stereotyping is making an exaggerated or oversimplified belief about people who belong to a certain group. Prejudice is an unfair opinion or judgement of a particular group of people. By teaching and establishing tolerance to replace judgement and discrimination among all groups of people, higher levels of success can be achieved. Naturally, people…

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    “Prejudice is a negative attitude toward an entire category of people” (Schaefer). It is thoughts and beliefs, but not necessarily thought out actions. Although, A person’s belief system drives their actions and words. Prejudice is when you judge a person by ethnic, religious, or the culture groups he associates with, not his personality. This is seen in societies ethnophaulisms terms, ethnic slurs, used regularly by the people. In the early 1800s the term “Nigger” was used negatively against…

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    It is in human’s nature to judge another at first sight with the help of prejudices. Prejudices, preconceived negative opinions of others based on irrelevant attributes, are life-changing. This reality throws families apart and innocent lives away as society categorizes individuals into subjective stereotypes that cast negative lights on honorable people. Harper Lee embraces this theme in her novel To Kill A Mockingbird, which is set in the 1930’s. Lee marks the growth of the children of a white…

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    Many times, the terms stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably, and most people think they are the same thing, but from a sociological perspective, it is important to define them: Stereotypes or socially categorizing one group, to misrepresentation ideas about that groups of people, Such as, film or TV shows , about which heavily rely on stereotypes, like establish character's traits, blonde women are dumb, foreigners are "evil" character, Mexicans are…

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