Prejudice glossary Flashcards
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Prejudice
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to pre-judge – to judge before knowing someone, based on a biased feeling or attitude, because of the group that they belong to.
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Discrimination
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Prejudice in action. Acting differently towards someone because of a biased attitude.
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Stereotype
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An over simplified mental image of people and applying it to everyone in the group.
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Positive Discrimination
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Treating people more favourably because they have been discriminated against in the past.
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Scapegoat
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An individual or group blamed unfairly for something.
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Gender
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Sex, male or female.
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Ageism
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Discrimination on the ground of age.
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Tolerance
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Respect for be beliefs and pratices of others.
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Justice
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Bring out what is fair or make up of what has been done wrong.
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Harmony
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Living in peace with others.
