Dicrimination Worksheet

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Discrimination Worksheet

Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use.

• What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?

Discrimination is the prejudicial and/or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category, “in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated”. It is different because prejudice refers to negative judgments and/or views about a group formed without knowledge, thought, or reason. A stereotype is an often negative generalize about a group based upon samples that do not represent the group in which the generalization becomes so well-known, it becomes a “conventional image” for the group in question, often accepted as truth by the illogical bunch. Stereotypes could be a form of prejudice if they are negative generalizations. Discrimination is the act of excluding a group from some right, privilege, or service *based upon* prejudice and stereotyping.

• What are the causes of discrimination?

It’s the various causes of discrimination includes race of an individual, ethnicity, age, gender or sex and color. Discrimination is caused by a number of reasons, one of which is learned behavior. If you grew up seeing discrimination practiced by your parents, you will probably follow the same mind-set.

• How is discrimination faced by one identity group (race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability) the same as discrimination faced by another? How are they different?

I believe there is no difference, I’ve already mention possible examples of discrimination. (Race, ethnicity, etc.). We can’t really avoid these things if we are outnumbered, in minority. (E.g. social class, family, football team etc.). Which people were belonged to be an important source of pride and...