How To Reduce Racial Prejudice In Society

Racial prejudice often occurs through first impressions; individuals often associate an individual’s external appearance with personality traits that can be tremendously inaccurate. To reduce problems of racial prejudice in society individuals need to alter their cognitive strategies that are causing them to briefly categorize people in particularly negative ways. Furthermore, children need to be taught as well about these negative cognitive strategies and how to avoid categorizing people. Witter, Hammer and Dunn express in in the textbook Adjust, that stereotypes are often automatic customs that occur unintentional and unconsciously. However, these automatic customs can be superseded, though it requires awareness from the individual that
One shocking example of the prejudice we found in this children’s show was an African American cartoon character depicted as uneducated and easily manipulated, while the Caucasian cartoon character was represented as superior and intellectual in comparison. Prohibiting the ability to use prejudice as a humorous technique is a major change that could reduce problems involving racial prejudice in society. If media stops portraying prejudice outlooks as amusing, individuals and especially children can take these problems more seriously. Furthermore, to reduce prejudice in society their needs to be a change in the music transmitted through the radio. Today’s famous music producers write lyrics expressing their prejudice beliefs against specific genders, races, politicians, government employee’s excreta and everyone listening to the radio is exposed to this. Prejudice lyrics have become socially acceptable and customary; potentially promoting prejudice beliefs while also desensitizes people to prejudice language. When lyrics containing prejudice content are promoted constantly, people become less sensitive to the problem and begin viewing it as