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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Prejudice

I just did some short research about 'Prejudice', and here are my findings. Help me out guys by commenting on them? XD

Prejudice:
Types of prejudice:
- Racism
- Sexism
- Social / Political
- Appearance?
- Religion

 The Definition of Prejudice: A prejudice is a prejudgement, an assumption made about someone or something before having adequate knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy. Usually refers to a preconceived judgement toward a people or a person because of:
o Race
o Social Class
o Gender
o Ethnicity
o Age
o Disability
o Political Beliefs
o Religion
o Sexual Orientation
o Including other personal chatacteristics

Common Misconceptions?

Prejudices are abstract-general preconceptions or abstract-general attitudes towards any type of situations, object, or person.

Stereotypes are generalizations of existing characteristics that reduce complexity.

Discrimination is the cognitive and sensory capacity or ability to see fine distinctions and perceive differences between objects, subjects, concepts and patterns, or possess exceptional development of the senses.

There is a difference between these 3 words, as Ms. Soh said, and I hope these can help with the 'misconception'!

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