1. Attitudes Shape Behaviors

2. Prejudice
A mixture of beliefs (negative attitudes), emotions (hostility, envy, or fear) and predispositions to action (to discriminate)
To believe that overweight people are gluttonous, to feel disgust for an overweight person, and hesitate to hire/date an overweight person is prejudice

3. Stereotypes
A belief that all people in a group share similar qualities
All boys are jerks
All girls are crazy
All people on welfare are lazy
All Chinese people are rude

4. Social Roots of Prejudice
Social inequalities
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Us vs. Them
In-group
Out-group
In-group bias
Scapegoating
Outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

5. Cognitive Roots of Prejudice
Categorizing
Diagnosing mental illness can lead to stereotyping
Vivid Cases
Islamic terrorists
Black men in the news
Just world phenomenon
Hurricane Katrina

6. Discrimination
Unfair actions made toward an entire group of people or individual members of that group
Choosing to act on your prejudices & stereotypes

7. Racism Prejudice & discrimination targeted at a particular race
Putting your own race above others
Rwanda genocide (couldn’t visibly see differences in race, but still racism)
Hutus
Tutsis

8. Racism continued Institutional racism Modern racism
Black and white schools, banks, polling places, etc.
Government institutions
Modern racism
Subtle and less extreme
Say equal opportunity, but is it really equal?
Won’t vote for Obama because he’s just going to help black people

9. Ways to Improve Relationships
Re-categorize
Catholics vs. Protestants: Christians
Instead of “that Mexican guy” try “that guy”
Controlled Processing
Mindful of others’ situations
Developing empathy
Improving Contact Between Groups
Equal status
One-on one contact
Groups cooperate rather than compete
Social norms need to change

10. Blue Eyes vs. Brown Eyes Jane Elliot Riceville, Iowa
Day after MLK shot
Kids didn’t understand
News anchors ignorant
Started experiment
Continues experiment in some form today