Cultural Diversity

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Appendix C

Part I

Define the following terms:

|Term |Definition |

|Discrimination |The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice |

| |or for other arbitrary reasons. |

|Institutional discrimination |A denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, resulting from the |

| |normal operations of a society. |

|Political correctness |A term which denotes language, ideas, policies and behavior seen as seeking to minimize |

| |social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual |

| |orientation, certain other religions , beliefs or ideologies, disability and age-related |

| |contexts, and, as purported by the term, doing so to an excessive extent. |

Part II

Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions:

• How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?

Discrimination is an action word; it acts upon a person’s prejudice views and/or stereotypes

that they believe. Discrimination denies individuals and groups opportunities and equal

rights based on prejudice and stereotypes. Prejudice is defined as having pre-conceived

judgments toward people or a person because of race/ethnicity, gender, social class, age,

disability, religion, sexuality, nationality or other personal characteristics. Stereotyping is

defined as a popular belief about specific types of...