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    week searching and reading internet blogs‚ journals and electronic articles; thumbed through various dictionaries available at the library; scrutinized various metropolitan newspapers‚ to try to have a better understanding about ethnocentrism (1)‚ stereotyping (2) and prejudice (3)‚ and their meanings. I admit to this day‚ I walk away still confused. Why? After reading the definitions of each of these words‚ I’ve come to realize that their individual meanings are so near to that of racism (4) ‚

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    STEREOTYPING‚ DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE IN KNUST TABLE CONTENTS TITLE PAGE 2 CONTENTS 3-4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5 DEDICATION

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    respect others sometimes we don’t understand the choices of people in different cultures‚ so we tend to discriminate others for this reason. Every day people are exposed to some sort of discrimination or prejudice. Whether they experience it personally or watch someone else be affected by it. Prejudice and discrimination can undermine a person’s self-esteem and self-confidence and make them feel terrible‚ unaccepted and unworthy. When this happens in children their school performance often suffers‚ they

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    Stereotyping can be seen as a persons biases about another individual depending on race‚ color‚ gender‚ religion‚ ethnicity or sexual orientation. Once a stereotypical ideal is born the person views the activity of individuals of a different race‚ color‚ gender‚ or religion with prejudice. Racial and ethnic differences also impact individual behavior by creating stereotypes and racial profiling. By definition racial profiling is‚ “the alleged policy of some police to attribute criminal intentions

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    Biasness comes in three forms; prejudicestereotyping‚ and discrimination which may be similar but also very not the same. Prejudicestereotyping and discrimination can be performed by one individual or group of individuals through judging another individual or group of individuals without having truthful and accurate knowledge of the individual or group. Nonetheless‚ people practice each form of bias with diverse motives (Fiske‚ 2000). A person or a group practice prejudice

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    Prejudice and Stereotypes According to the article “Prejudice‚ Discrimination‚ and Stereotyping” by Susan T. Fiske‚ she states “Even in one’s own family‚ everyone wants to be seen for who they are‚ not as “just another typical X. But still‚ people put other people into groups‚ using that label to inform their evaluation of the person as a whole—a process that can result in serious consequences.” This process is also known as prejudice and stereotyping. We treat people the way we do because of stereotypes

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    modern relevance of stereotyping and prejudice 2.1 Introduction: Perception of inequality Prejudice and inequality stems from the innate human tendency of viewing others as unequal‚ also known as the perception of inequality. Milner (as cited in Duckitt‚ 1994‚ p. 10) summarizes this phenomenon by differentiating prejudice from stereotyping: “Prejudiced attitudes . . . are irrational‚ unjust‚ or intolerant dispositions towards other groups. They are often accompanied by stereotyping. This is the attribution

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    Most people have experienced prejudicestereotyping‚ or discrimination at some time in his or her life. There is no doubt social discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and hostility still create serious problems and challenges‚ even in today’s apparently more and more individualized and “enlightened” society. This paper will discuss prejudice‚ stereotypes‚ and discrimination in the context of social psychology; what the consequences of stereotyping and discrimination are; and strategies to improve attitudes

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    possible that the prejudice some of those people act on is driven by something subtle than simple hatred? Why are we prejudice? Can prejudice be insidious and non-conscious? What is the difference between prejudicestereotyping and discrimination? The difference between prejudicestereotyping and discrimination Prejudice‚ stereotypes and discrimination are genuinely intergroup phenomenon even thou they are expressed by

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    Stereotyping and prejudice are not the same thing‚ but are somewhat linked to one another. Stereotyping is defined as a preconceived or oversimplified generalization about an entire group of people/person without regard for individual differences. Even when stereotypes are positive‚ they always have a negative impact and can lead to discrimination. Prejudice as defined in our text is an irrational‚ negative attitude toward a category of people. Now that I have defined the terms I’d like to take you

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