Are the following statements stereotypes or provable statements? What Do You Think? Are the following statements stereotypes or provable statements? African Americans are athletically superior to whites Mexican Americans have large families Societal Institutions need to celebrate racial and ethnic diversity No wonder many African Americans and Hispanics are poor they have been assigned a low work ethic by popular culture. If the dominant white culture were not reluctant to share its wealth or power, then people of color would assume greater leadership roles in all of our societal institutions. Native Americans are overly sensitive about their identity, they should not be fighting to change the names and mascots of collegiate and professional sports teams. Progress has been made in racial justice in the US.

Real-Life Prejudice What is Prejudice? 1. Favorable or unfavorable feeling toward a person, place, or thing, prior to, or not based on, actual fact 2. A prejudgment based on insufficient data

Real-Life Prejudice Why? Did you Know... Negative prejudice is sinful. Threatens the rights of people Illogical, exhibits stereotypical thinking A fault when it resists new information Did you Know... Negative prejudice is sinful. Why? Stereotypes: types of prejudice that are oversimplified generalizations about some aspect of reality

Stages of Prejudice Antilocution – speaking against Extermination – killing the undesirable person or group Physical attack – violence and hate crimes Discrimination – harmful actions against disliked persons Avoidance – avoiding members of a disliked group Antilocution – speaking against

Stages of Prejudice Types of discrimination 1. Sexism – misguided belief that one sex is superior to the other by the nature of things. Examples of sexism In no country in today’s world are women treated as well as men Greater poverty in households headed by women Women suffer from “glass ceiling” effect Some countries restrict the political participation of women Women condemned to unending menial labor Women victimized by men through violence

Stages of Prejudice Types of discrimination 2. Ageism: prejudice exhibited against older people Examples of ageism More and more elderly are living in poverty Stability of Social Security and Medicare are of great concern as more people retire The move to legalize euthanasia is an attempt to remove sick elderly persons seen as a burden

Stages of Prejudice Types of extermination: 1. Assassinations 2. Lynchings 3. Massacres 4. Terrorist bombings 5. Genocide Example: The Holocaust - Resulted from anti-semitism: prejudice against the Jewish people

Attempting to Explain Prejudice . Why do people hold on to their prejudices? . People are too lazy to think . Scapegoats are an easy way to deal with negative emotions . Prejudice makes people feel superior . Prejudice thrives because it pays both psychologically and financially . What are some characteristics of people who are prejudiced? . Difficulty dealing with ambiguity . Low self-esteem . Authority-oriented

Attempting to Explain Prejudice The home is the central school for learning prejudice Prejudice is learned Sexism is key in forming early prejudices

Racism can be person-to-person or institutional Racism leads to mistreatment of people based on: race color national origin religion place of origin ancestry Remember. . . Racism can be person-to-person or institutional

Institutional Racism Q: What is it? A: Racism that infects every aspect of society A: Racism that favors the majority and hinders the success of the minority

Institutional Racism Affirmative Action is the policy and programs established to correct the past discrimination in education and employment opportunities

Racism Against Certain Groups African Americans: Slavery continued until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery Segregation continued and African Americans were treated as second class citizens until the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s In 1954, the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka desegregated schools

Racism Against Certain Groups African Americans Did you know that on average, African Americans: *suffer more from violence *are incarcerated disproportionately *have shorter life spans *have a large number of families headed by single women *make less money than their white coworkers, with equal skills.

Racism Against Certain Groups Hispanic Americans: Descended from Spanish-speaking people and now represent a mix of cultures, national groups, and races Predate English-speaking colonists in America and helped discover the Americas. Comprise the largest minority group in the United States (One of every eight residents in the US is Latino)

Racism Against Certain Groups Hispanic Americans: Did you Know. . . * Hispanic Americans have a history of working low-paying jobs in ranches, farms, mines and railroad * have lost their jobs due to cheap labor of the braceros * many Hispanic Americans face immigration problems. This can lead to a lack of access to quality education. * Suffer from low wages, lack of health care and decent education, unsafe and congested housing

Racism Against Certain Groups Hispanic Americans: Did you Know. . . Nearly 73% of Hispanics in the US are Catholic 64% of Catholic Hispanic Americans go to church regularly American Catholic Bishops challenge parishes to find ways to embrace Hispanic Catholics

Racism Against Certain Groups Native Americans: Did you Know that the Native American suffered because : Once numbered from 4.5 to 10 million when Columbus discovered American, by the end of the 19th century decreased to a quarter of a million people Diseases that the Native Americans had no immunities Loss of cultural identity as Native American religion and customs were stamped out Vicious wars by the English Destruction of the buffalo. An animal upon which Native American Cultures depend upon. Expansion of the railroad Lands taken over by Anglos as they moved West

Being Inclusive Biblical Racism: During Jesus’ ministry, he included everyone St. Paul encouraged his converts to see through the external differences that separate us