Racial prejudices
Date Submitted: 04/03/2004 07:23:06
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (702 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 3 pages (702 words)
Racial Prejudice
What is prejudice?
- set of learned beliefs and values that lead a person to be biased against other members of other groups.
-prejudices are convenient(bequem,brauchbar,passend) and inaccurate.
----> people are not seen as individuals, biased people label other people
to special groups
-prejudice is mostly based on inaccurate information about people
Prejudice originates from three common parts(these parts make up a prejudiced belief):
1.Generalisations
-a very broad , simple
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for weaker groups to lay the blame on them.This groups are guilty of an individual's
failure and frustration -->these people taking blame for an failure of other people
are described or represented by scapegoats.
Conformity
-friends ,family your whole environment will induce you to share their views.
They prevail upon you to be prejudiced against a special group.
-The group pressure will cause you to agree with the group you are member of.
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