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CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER FIVE. Justice and Prejudice. Real-Life Prejudice. Did you know. According to Tolerance.org: Every hour someone commits a hate crime Every day at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 Jews, and 1 Latino become hate crime victims Every week a cross is burned. Real-Life Prejudice.

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CHAPTER FIVE

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  1. CHAPTER FIVE Justice and Prejudice

  2. Real-Life Prejudice Did you know... • According to Tolerance.org: • Every hour someone commits a hate crime • Every day at least 8 blacks, 3 whites, 3 gays, 3 Jews, and 1 Latino become hate crime victims • Every week a cross is burned

  3. Real-Life Prejudice What is Prejudice? 1. Favorable or unfavorable feeling toward a person, place, or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual fact 2. A prejudgment based on insufficient data

  4. Real-Life Prejudice • Threatens the rights of people • Illogical, exhibits stereotypical thinking • A fault when it resists new information Did you Know... Negative prejudice is sinful. Why? • Stereotypes: types of prejudice that are oversimplified generalizations about some aspect of reality

  5. Stages of Prejudice Extermination – killing the undesirable person or group Physical attack – violence and hate crimes Discrimination – harmful actions against disliked persons Avoidance – avoiding members of a disliked group Antilocution – speaking against

  6. Stages of Prejudice • Types of discrimination • 1. Sexism – misguided belief that one sex is superior to the other by the nature of things. • Examples of sexism • In no country in today’s world are women treated as well as men • Greater poverty in households headed by women • Women suffer from “glass ceiling” effect • Some countries restrict the political participation of women • Women condemned to unending menial labor • Women victimized by men through violence

  7. Stages of Prejudice • Types of discrimination • 2. Ageism: prejudice exhibited against older people • Examples of ageism • More and more elderly are living in poverty • Stability of Social Security and Medicare are of great concern as more people retire • The move to legalize abortion is an attempt to remove sick elderly persons seen as a burden

  8. Stages of Prejudice • Types of extermination: • 1. Assassinations • 2. Lynchings • 3. Massacres • 4. Terrorist bombings • 5. Genocide • Example: The Holocaust • - Resulted from anti-semitism: prejudice against the Jewish people

  9. Attempting to Explain Prejudice • . Why do people hold on to their prejudices? • . People are too lazy to think • . Scapegoats are an easy way to deal with negative emotions • . Prejudice makes people feel superior • . Prejudice thrives because it pays both psychologically and financially • . What are some characteristics of people who are prejudiced? • . Difficulty dealing with ambiguity • . Low self-esteem • . Authority-oriented

  10. Attempting to Explain Prejudice The home is the central school for learning prejudice Prejudice is learned Sexism is key in forming early prejudices

  11. Attempting to Explain Prejudice Ways to overcome prejudice: Participate in programs that put self in the shoes of others Work with different groups Establish laws/rules that require the fair treatment of others Be aware that prejudice is inconsistent with one’s values, attitudes and behaviors

  12. Vocabulary • prejudice • stereotypes • antilocution • Discrimination • sexism • feminism • patriarchy • ageism • anti-Semitism • scapegoating

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