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FIVE STAGES OF PREJUDICE
JUSTICE AND PREJUDICE
ANTILOCUTION
LITERALLY “SPEAKING AGAINST”:
 EXPRESSING NEGATIVE FEELINGS
FOR OTHERS BY “SPEAKING
AGAINST” THEM
 INCLUDES CLICHÉ EXPRESSIONS
AND ETHNIC JOKES
 RESULT: REINFORCES PREJUDICES
DEHUMANIZES PEOPLE
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AVOIDANCE
DELIBERATELY AVOIDING THE
PRESENCE OR COMPANY OF THE
DISLIKED GROUP
 EXAMPLES: NOT SITTING NEXT TO
AN “OUT GROUP” MEMBER ON
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR
CROSSING THE STREET TO AVOID
SUCH A PERSON
 RESULT: DEHUMANIZES OTHERS
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DISCRIMINATION
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CONSISTS OF HARMFUL ACTIONS
AGAINST DISLIKED PERSONS THAT DENY
THEIR EQUALITY AND FUNDAMENTAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCLUDES EXCLUSION FROM JOBS,
NEIGHBORHOODS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS,
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
RESULT: DEHUMANIZES
ACTIVELY HARMS
DENIES BASIC RIGHTS
PHYSICAL ATTACK
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VIOLENCE
HATE CRIMES
INCLUDES DESECRATING GRAVEYARDS,
PINTING SWASTIKAS ON SYNAGOGUES,
RAPE, GAY-BASHING, RACIAL AND GANG
VIOLENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS
RESULT: DEHUMANIZES
ACTIVELY HARMS PERSONS AND
PROPERTY
EXTERMINATION
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THE ULTIMATE FORM OF PREJUDICE:
ELIMINATING THE UNDESIRABLE
INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP
INCLUDES ASSASSINATION, LYNCHING,
MASSACRE, TERRORIST BOMBING,
ETHNIC CLEANSING
RESULT: ULTIMATE DEHUMANIZATION
DEATH OF INDIVIDUALS
GENOCIDE
PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE
LAZY THINKING
 SCAPEGOATS=MEANS OF
DEALING W/ NEGATIVE
EMOTIONS (DENIAL)
 FEEDS NEED FOR SUPERIORITY
 “PAYS” IN TERMS OF
POWER/MONEY
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ORIGINS OF PREJUDICE
 HOME
=PRIMARY “SCHOOL” FOR
LEARNING PREJUDICE
(PARENTS; SCHOOLS/NEIGHBORHOODS/CHURCHES)
 SEXISM PREDISPOSES ONE TO A
HIERARCHICAL WORLD VIEW:
POWER--SUPERIOR/INFERIOR
PREJUDICED PERSONALITY TYPE
 DIFFICULTY DEALING
WITH
AMBIGUITY (RIGID)
 SUBJECT TO LOW SELFESTEEM
 AUTHORITY-ORIENTED
 RESISTANT TO CHANGE