discrimination 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 denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Prejudice refers to negative judgements and/or views about a group formed without knowledge, thought, or reason. A stereotype is a(n) (often negative) generalisation about a group based upon samples that do not represent the group, in which the generalisation 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 generalisations. 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?
There are many different reason that could have caused discrimination but finding out which one is the most accurate will be difficult. After further research I have come up with a few causes to consider:
Herbert J.Gans (a functionalist) would argue that discrimination is the result of the need to transfer social costs from those with the most power to those with the least power. See http://www.sociology.org.uk/as4p3.pdf
Karl Marx (a conflict theorist) would argue that class discrimination is the result of capitalist oppression (co-option of the value of labor of workers by the owners of capital). He would argue that all other forms of discrimination are the result of ploys by the capitalist ruling class to divide the working class and prevent them from rising up in revolution.
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 denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Prejudice refers to negative judgements and/or views about a group formed without knowledge, thought, or reason. A stereotype is a(n) (often negative) generalisation about a group based upon samples that do not represent the group, in which the generalisation 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 generalisations. 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?
There are many different reason that could have caused discrimination but finding out which one is the most accurate will be difficult. After further research I have come up with a few causes to consider:
Herbert J.Gans (a functionalist) would argue that discrimination is the result of the need to transfer social costs from those with the most power to those with the least power. See http://www.sociology.org.uk/as4p3.pdf
Karl Marx (a conflict theorist) would argue that class discrimination is the result of capitalist oppression (co-option of the value of labor of workers by the owners of capital). He would argue that all other forms of discrimination are the result of ploys by the capitalist ruling class to divide the working class and prevent them from rising up in revolution.