Characteristics of Orientalism‚ Prejudice‚ and Discrimination The difference between Muslims and Arabs according to the Schaefer text is; often being confused that they are the same Muslims are a type of religious group where as Arabs are a type of ethnic group. In the beginning of the text it describes and says that “Most Arab Americans are not Muslim and most Muslim Americans are not of Arab background. Within each group is a significant diversity that can be seen by differences in forms of
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My first interviewee was Jessica‚ a single‚ white‚ attractive‚ 42 year-old woman with no kids. When asked if she ever experienced any discrimination in her working environment‚ I wasn’t too surprise to discover that have has been receiving more favoritism that discrimination due to the fact that she is an attractive woman. Jessica explained to me that major of her co-workers are men that are in their early thirty’s and also unmarried. Such favoritism included occasional lunches provided by a co-worker
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Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured on one’s own cultural value. Ethnocentrism happens when one culture or nation places itself at the top of a self proclaimed hierarchy of cultures and nations and subsequently assigns other cultures and nations equivalent or lower value based on that scale. In other words‚ it is the proneness to think other cultures are of lesser worth because it is different
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information and changes in knowledge about the Orient as well as policy decisions founded in Orientalist thinking. It is the expression in words and actions of Latent Orientalism. I am not really sure how orientalism contributes to hate crimes but with prejudice it is because people are ignorant and do not want to learn about something new. People want to be in their own little bubble and not look at what the world has given them. The world has actually given people all over the
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Human Communication. A Publication of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association. Vol. 11‚ No.1‚ pp. 27 – 38 Overcoming Ethnocentrism through Developing Intercultural Communication Sensitivity and Multiculturalism Qingwen Dong University of the Pacific Kenneth D. Day University of the Pacific Christine M. Collaço University of the Pacific Qingwen Dong (Ph.D. Washington State University‚ 1995) is Associate Professor and Chair and Kenneth D. Day (Ph.D. Indiana University‚ 1980) is Professor
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary clearly defines ethnocentrism as the “characterization by or based on the attitude that one’s own group is superior.” To address the deeper issues associated to ethnocentrism requires a more explicit definition. In this sense‚ ethnocentrism can be defined as the making of false assumptions regarding others’ ways based on our own limited experience. The key word is assumptions‚ because oftentimes we are not even aware that we are being ethnocentric -- we don’t understand
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In our day of age‚ we as the United States of America usually believe that we are better than other countries. A lot of people even get into debate on this subject. This is where the definition of ethnocentrism comes to play‚ which is how we tend to view other cultures based on how we compare it to our own culture‚ which makes us believe wrong things about that cultures or even judge that cultures in a bad light. But we should not do this because other cultures have their way of doing things for
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in Equality and Diversity Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity Session 4: Prejudice and discrimination What does it mean? In a diverse society where each individual may have lots of different characteristics and qualities‚ there are many opportunities for people to label and stereotype others. When this happens‚ it can create an environment where prejudice and discrimination may be found. A prejudice is an unfair or unreasonable preconceived view or judgement that is formed without
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Typewrite a 1 ½ to 2 page paper comparing and contrasting prejudice and discrimination. Relate the use of stereotyping and racial profiling to prejudice and discrimination. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines prejudice and discrimination as: Prejudice (1) : injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one’s rights; especially : detriment to one’s legal rights or claims (2) a. (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning
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Many people have the misconception that being prejudice only refers to the color of skin however that is not the case. There are many ways in which a person can be prejudice. Being prejudice deals with holding a certain attitude toward a person from a certain group. It is a learned behavior and though not always‚ it can lead to discrimination. There are two dimensions of prejudice including the affective dimension and the cognitive dimension. The affective dimension is broken down into two theories
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