eth 125 week three
Associate Program Material
Discrimination Worksheet
Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?
Discrimination is the denial of opportunites and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Prejudice is a negative attitude towards an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority. Stereotypes are unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into account. I believe that discrimination is different from prejudice and stereotyping because, when we discriminate against someone we deny them opportunities or equal rights and when we prejudice or stereotype we just hold negative attitudes and make up or believe unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about members of a group or ethnic minorities.
What are the causes of discrimination?
The causes of discriminaiton can sometimes result from prejudices held by individuals, or from the stereotypes we hold and believe about individuals and groups. However, I truly believe that discrimination really comes from our parents, families, providers, or the people who we look up to. Growing up I witnessed my father discriminated against African Americans, on many different occasions, this lead me to believe that my father was acting certains ways against this ethnic group people that’s the way we were suppose to. I am thankful for my mother who truly taught me that what my father was doing is discrimination and we should not discriminate against anyone, because everyone is human and deserves to be treated equal and fairly.
How is discrimination faced by one identity group (race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability) the same as discrimination faced by another? How are they
Discrimination Worksheet
Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?
Discrimination is the denial of opportunites and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Prejudice is a negative attitude towards an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority. Stereotypes are unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into account. I believe that discrimination is different from prejudice and stereotyping because, when we discriminate against someone we deny them opportunities or equal rights and when we prejudice or stereotype we just hold negative attitudes and make up or believe unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about members of a group or ethnic minorities.
What are the causes of discrimination?
The causes of discriminaiton can sometimes result from prejudices held by individuals, or from the stereotypes we hold and believe about individuals and groups. However, I truly believe that discrimination really comes from our parents, families, providers, or the people who we look up to. Growing up I witnessed my father discriminated against African Americans, on many different occasions, this lead me to believe that my father was acting certains ways against this ethnic group people that’s the way we were suppose to. I am thankful for my mother who truly taught me that what my father was doing is discrimination and we should not discriminate against anyone, because everyone is human and deserves to be treated equal and fairly.
How is discrimination faced by one identity group (race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability) the same as discrimination faced by another? How are they