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Appendix C
Part I
Define the following terms:
|Term |Definition |
|Discrimination |the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice |
| |or for other arbitrary reasons |
| |environmental justice |
|Institutional discrimination |a denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, |
| |resulting from the normal operations of a society |
|Political correctness |is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to|
| |avoid offense |
Part II
Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions:
• How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?
Discrimination is different from prejudice and stereotyping by how being prejudice and stereotyping are negative feelings or thoughts towards a different race. When you discriminate you are acting on those negative feelings or thoughts. If you do not like someone because of the racial or ethnic minority group then you are being prejudice but if you deny them opportunities because of those reasons then you are discriminating. If you think that all people in a certain racial or ethnic group are lazy then that is stereotyping but if you deny them a job just on those facts without letting that person prove to you that he or she is not then that is discriminating.
Appendix C
Part I
Define the following terms:
|Term |Definition |
|Discrimination |the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice |
| |or for other arbitrary reasons |
| |environmental justice |
|Institutional discrimination |a denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, |
| |resulting from the normal operations of a society |
|Political correctness |is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to|
| |avoid offense |
Part II
Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions:
• How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?
Discrimination is different from prejudice and stereotyping by how being prejudice and stereotyping are negative feelings or thoughts towards a different race. When you discriminate you are acting on those negative feelings or thoughts. If you do not like someone because of the racial or ethnic minority group then you are being prejudice but if you deny them opportunities because of those reasons then you are discriminating. If you think that all people in a certain racial or ethnic group are lazy then that is stereotyping but if you deny them a job just on those facts without letting that person prove to you that he or she is not then that is discriminating.