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As our society becomes more diverse, does stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination and racism increase or decrease?
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What forms of racism, discrimination and prejudice have occurred in world history? Why?

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In your tables, define and give an example of each of the following:
RACISM
DISCRIMINATION
PREJUDICE
STEREOTYPE
GENOCIDE

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Racism : Negative behaviour based on an incorrect assumption that one race is inherently superior to others
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Discrimination : Unfair actions directed against people based on their race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, language, faith or sexual orientation
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Prejudice : A set of opinions, attitudes and feelings that unfairly case a group and its members in a negative light without legitimate reasons
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Stereotypes : false or generalized beliefs about a group of people that result in categorizing members without regard for individual difference
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Genocide : The most extreme form of systemic discrimination, by which deliberate attempts are made by authorities at mass murder of any national, ethnic, racial, or religious group

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Anti-Semitism : particular form of individual or systemic discrimination directed against Jews
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Systemic Discrimination : describes a system that favours one or some groups over others in terms of hiring, benefits, promotions, and pay increases
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Systemic Racism : Discrimination based on a sense of racial superiority is part of the philosophy and practices of a company, institution, or a whole society
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Systemic Sexism : Discrimination based on a sense of male superiority is part of the philosophy and practices of a company, institution, or a whole society

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1948- social scientist S. Wax conducted an experiment to showcase discrimination in Canada
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Experiment : Respond to 100 ads for summer lodgings in Ontario and requested room reservations for the same dates under two different names: “Mr. Greenberg” and
“Mr. Lockwood”
Results
Conclusions?
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Same experiment conducted using names “Mr. Smith” and Mr. Little Bear”
Results
Conclusions?

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Texan named Howard Griffin conducted an unusual experiment to experience prejudice in 1960
Used dark pigment and tanning lamps to temporarily change his skin to a dark colour
Arranged with a African American magazine to publish a series of stories about his day to day encounters as a black man travelling across the southern US in search of work
Results
Reaction
Effects

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2001, Moncton NB
18 year old male arrested after a metre high cross found burning on the front lawn of a black family
Where does freedom of expression and speech end and freedom from discrimination begin?
Potential charges:
-property mischief
-vandalism
-hate crime

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In 1956, he published The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society
The book outlined a view of perception where he stated we are shaped and changed by the personal background and experiences of individuals.
He used “ the image” to describe how people do not perceive things exactly as they exist in the real world
He believed instead they responded to an
image of reality and this image differs from person to person
How can his views be related to the subject of stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination?

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In 1989, American Psychologist Joel
Barker worked on the concept of paradigm
This was what he called the set of rules and conditions stored in the brain that a person uses to interpret and understand sensory experience
A paradigm acts like a filter through which information is processed
Eg. The approach of a stranger can be seen by one person as a possible threat, while someone else may see it as just another passerby – Why is this the case?

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Is prejudice learned or is it innate?
What causes hate?
Can prejudice become unlearned?
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Movie: American History X