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Write a three paragraphs reflection paper after watching “A Class Divided’’

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9:28 PM Wed Oct 3 68% Social Problems, 15th Edition Aa J» QD a Summary an entire society. Prejudice is an emotional, rigid attitude toward members of the subordinate group. . Prejudiced people tend to be so committed to their prejudgments about a particular category of people that, even in the face of rational evidence that the pre- judgment is wrong, they will maintain their prejudice, even defend it strongly, and denounce the evidence. Discrimination is the overt differential treatment of individuals considered to belong to a particular social group. • The United States is becoming more diverse due to immigration patterns and birthrates among minority groups. Currently a little more than one person in three is a member of a minority group; however, by 2060, minority groups are likely to comprise about 56 percent of the U.S. population. The percentage of blacks and American Indians will remain relatively stable, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders will nearly double but remain a small group, and the growth of Hispanic groups will be considerable. • The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution were ratified in the 1860s and 1870s, but it was not until the mid- twentieth century that the rights guaranteed by these amendments began to be exercised. It took further legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, to make discrimination illegal. But the discrepancy between legal equality and actual inequality remains and progress is slow. • There is no clear line between totally dominant and totally minority groups; rather, any given group can be placed at some point along a continuum of “minorityness," and this continuum can shift historically and cross-culturally. What is defined as a minority group at one point in time, or in one particular culture, may not be seen as a minority elsewhere. • The origins of prejudice and discrimination are numerous and complex, and to explain them, it is necessary to consider both the individuals and the structural organization of society. • Institutional discrimination is an unconscious result of the structure and functioning of the public institutions and policies themselves. It is more difficult to prove than other forms of individual discrimination. There are many types of institutional discrimination, including in education, housing, employment and earnings, and justice. • There are two types of general responses to prejudice and discrimination. The first response focuses on the individual, and the second focuses on the larger group's protective reactions against prejudice and discrimination. jij 「 K 210 9:28 PM Wed Oct 3 68% Social Problems, 15th Edition Aa » QD Amendments to the Constitution were ratified in numerous and complex, and to explain them, it is the 1860s and 1870s, but it was not until the mid- necessary to consider both the individuals and the twentieth century that the rights guaranteed by structural organization of society. these amendments began to be exercised. It took • Institutional discrimination is an unconscious result of further legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act the structure and functioning of the public institutions passed in 1964, to make discrimination illegal. But and policies themselves. It is more difficult to prove the discrepancy between legal equality and actual than other forms of individual discrimination. There inequality remains and progress is slow. are many types of institutional discrimination, • There is no clear line between totally dominant and including in education, housing, employment and totally minority groups; rather, any given group earnings, and justice. can be placed at some point along a continuum of “minorityness," and this continuum can shift • There are two types of general responses to prejudice historically and cross-culturally. What is defined and discrimination. The first response focuses on as a minority group at one point in time, or in one the individual, and the second focuses on the larger particular culture, may not be seen as a minority group's protective reactions against prejudice and elsewhere. discrimination. • Racism is behavior, in word or deed, that is moti- vated by the belief that human races have distinctive characteristics that determine abilities. Racists believe in this erroneous concept of race; they also believe that their own race is superior and therefore ought to dominate or rule other races. Racism may be an attribute of an individual, or it may be incorporated into the institutions (social structures and laws) of • Affirmative action refers to policies based on a body of federal law originating in the 1964 Civil Rights Act that bans discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin in such areas as employment, education, and housing. Affirmative action programs require institutions that have engaged in discrimina- tory practices to increase opportunities for women and members of minority groups. !!! 「 只 K A 210
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