We Can Make a Difference

EVERY YEAR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPES, DISCRIMINATION AND HATE CRIMES : 

EVERY YEAR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPES, DISCRIMINATION AND HATE CRIMES

Prejudice : 

Prejudice A tendency to over-generalize in some way, usually negative, toward an entire group

Stereotypes : 

Stereotypes

What is a Stereotype?? : 

What is a Stereotype?? Stereotype is defined as an exaggerated belief associated with a category such as a group of people. It is a tendency to believe that anyone or almost anyone who belongs to a particular group will have a certain characteristic.

Do not make assumptions that are not true : 

Do not make assumptions that are not true

Don’t judge : 

Don’t judge

Appearances are not always what they seem : 

Appearances are not always what they seem

We are all different on the outside but we should not be judged! : 

We are all different on the outside but we should not be judged!

Individual Discrimination : 

Individual Discrimination and Racism

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Individual Racism/Discrimination is any behavior by an individual that leads to unequal treatment because of race or ethnicity.

Institutional Discrimination andInstitutional Racism : 

Institutional Discrimination andInstitutional Racism

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Any arrangement or practice within a social institution or its related organizations that tends to favor one racial or ethnic group (usually the majority group) over another. It may be conscious and deliberate, as in discriminatory voting laws, or subtle and perhaps unintended, as in industrial location decisions that favor suburban whites over inner- city blacks. Source: Farley, John E. (2005). Majority- Minority Relations. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Institutional Discrimination and Marriage : 

Institutional Discrimination and Marriage Until 1967 interracial marriages in most of the United States was illegal. Currently only 5 states in the U.S. allow same sex marriage.

Institutional Discrimination by the Government : 

Institutional Discrimination by the Government At one point in time African Americans and women were not allowed to vote. Gays were not allowed to hold any position in the government. Currently gays are not allowed to serve in the United States military.

How can we make a difference? : 

How can we make a difference?

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C.A.R.E.

Communicate… : 

Communicate… …Anti-prejudice messages with your words and actions by joining together to combat prejudice.

Advocate… : 

Advocate… …for more awareness and a call to action from our leaders to stop discrimination.

Reach Out… : 

Reach Out… …by means of intergroup contact and/or simulation or experiential exercises to remove stereotypes.

Educate… : 

Educate… …yourself and others about the negative effects of discriminatory behavior to end individual discrimination.

We can make a difference : 

We can make a difference TOGETHER