Personal Reflection #3 (250 words) - Stereotyping & Bias + Exercise #5

Stereotyping, Bias and Discrimination

                             Based on:                                        example:

1.Stereotyping-   your perception of groups      “All ______ are ______ !

    Judging entire group of people based on what some of them may do.

2.Prejudice-    your feeling towards individuals, based on group perception

          “I don’t want to go for coffee with that (Egyptian)guy, he’ll make a big bill, and say he has no money”.

3.Discrimination-  acts/ laws by the dominant group against groups/ people based on a particular characteristic; race, religion, gender, lifestyle

Example: Race laws in the US after WWII discriminated against Afro-Am’s.      

Part 2:  Blue eyes / Brown eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bWlTZZN3DY

Part #3:  Bigotry 3     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1F-AMTnGg



 Portfolio Exercise #5 - Stereotyping & Blue  Eyes Video

Goal 2 Adverse Reactions to 

Diversity – 2012 - Semester

Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSS N2053

Name:                             ID#                                        Name:                                  ID#

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping

b.      Prejudice

c.       Bias

d.      Discrimination

2.      Give an example of each term

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

2.      Describe the experiment.

3.      What were the results?

4.      How successful do you believe it was?

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

Ø  a time you experienced prejudice or discrimination

Ø  a time you discriminated against somebody else

Ø  a time you witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it

Ø  a time you witnessed discrimination and did something about it