Category: Prejudice

  • Prejudice, Types, and Their Origins

    Table of Contents Introduction Types of Prejudice Origins of Prejudice Why Prejudice Exists Impacts of Prejudice on Society Conclusion Works Cited Introduction There have been numerous attempts to define prejudice by scholars. The meaning of prejudice is negative attitudes toward individual members of a particular social group (Dovidio et al. 1). The target of prejudice…

  • Disliking Others: Racial Discriminations as an Outcome of Racial Prejudices

    Purpose of the Study There has been a long drawn battle line between the White Americans and the African Americans in the United States. This prejudice has existed and many steps have been taken to eradicate this and provide equality. Today, it manifests itself in various forms in schools and colleges. This study is about…

  • Racial Prejudice Against Africans

    Throughout Western civilizations acquaintance with the African people, there have been unfounded beliefs about the intellectual superiority of Whites over Blacks. In particular, the Western discourse had come form of such notorious proclamations and claims as reason is Greek, emotion is African (Adie & Effenji, 2018, p. 95). Such famous Western philosophers as Kant and…

  • Vaccine Hesitancy: Prejudices and Fears

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction Falling vaccination rates worry medical professionals in those countries where the number of cases of vaccine-preventable diseases grows steadily. According to data collected by UNICEF and WHO through July 2019, the Western Pacific Region and especially the Region of the Americas experience drops in [immunization] coverage…

  • Age in the Modern Society: Fighting Social Prejudices

    Greeting Cars and Ageism With the recent focus on innovations and the rapid-fire nature of cultural changes, the perception of age has shifted significantly. While elderly people are still mostly seen as generally wise and experienced, age-based discrimination has started to permeate global society. The notion of ageism needs to be removed from the modern…

  • Formation of Prejudices Among Schoolchildren

    Prejudice based on national, ethnic or religious grounds causes many conflicts among representatives of different communities. First of all, biases arise based on insufficient education of people regarding one or many regions, traditions, customs and beliefs of the people who live in this territory. Psychologically, to protect oneself from negative experiences, a person is inclined…

  • Sensitivity Training Against Workplace Prejudices

    Promoting the concept of multiculturalism and creating the environment in which decision-making will not be affected by prejudice is one of the primary goals of a modern organization (Brink and Nel 6). Preventing the instances of discrimination is especially important for a firm that has already established a strong presence in the global market. Therefore,…

  • Stereotypes and Prejudices in Human Resource Industry

    Group influence Group influence is important in determining how individuals behave in a society or at workplace. Generally, a group consists of two or more individuals sharing a common goal, and is usually adaptable and capable of influencing each other, perform interdependent tasks and affect one another in a particular way. In a group, individuals…

  • Collective Victimhood and Social Prejudice by Giorgos

    Table of Contents Summary of the Source Evaluation of the Source Relationship to Other Sources ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Possible Use of the Source Works Cited Summary of the Source A critical analysis of events during the Second World War demonstrates that anti-Semitism was an excuse that was used by some of the European powers to eliminate people they…