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Discrimination - Forensic Psychology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Psychology

Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar UniversityPsychology

Discrimination, Unjustified Attitude, Membership in a Group, Modern Racism, Modern Sexism, Groups Defined by Gender, Groups Defined by Age, People With Disabilities, Proving Discrimination, Hate Crimes are learning points of this lecture.

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Discrimination
•Prejudice = an unjustified attitude toward
members of a group
–Racism is a subset of the domain of prejudice
–Sexism is another subset
•Discrimination = a behavior that accepts or
rejects a person based on their membership
in a group
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Discrimination

  • Prejudice = an unjustified attitude toward members of a group - Racism is a subset of the domain of prejudice - Sexism is another subset
  • Discrimination = a behavior that accepts or rejects a person based on their membership in a group

Is racism declining in America?

1933 1951 1982 1996

Lazy 75% 31% 13% 2%

Ignorant 38% 24% 10% 2%

Superstitious (^) 84% 41% 6% 1%

Musical 26% 33% 29% 18%

Unreliable 12% 2% 0%

People who admit to believing that blacks have negative traits are declining.

Modern sexism

  • Blatant (overt) sexism: visible discrimination against women
  • Subtle sexism: unequal treatment that we have internalized as “normal”
  • Covert sexism: deliberately hidden and difficult to document

Who is legally protected against

discrimination?

  • Groups defined by race, color, religion, or national origin
  • Groups defined by gender
  • Groups defined by age
  • People with disabilities
  • *In some jurisdictions, people with a homosexual sexual orientation

Hate crimes

  • Most extreme form of prejudice/ discrimination
  • Words or actions intended to harm an individual SOLELY BECAUSE of his/her membership in a minority group
  • Threatening implications for other members of the same group

Stats on hate crimes

  • FBI estimates that over 8,000 hate crimes were committed in U.S. in 1997 alone
  • Principal targets are lesbians and gay men
  • Some states double or triple the minimum sentence for crimes motivated by racism, anti-Semitism, or homophobia
  • Only 19 states include sexual orientation in hate-crime legislation