diffrence between stereotypes and discrimnation
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Stereotypes are not only harmful in their own right; they do damage by fostering prejudice and discrimination.
After all, if encyclopedia readers are led to believe that Black people have intellectual limitations, why spend time and money educating Black children?
As used here, "discrimination" involves putting group members at a disadvantage or treating them unfairly as a result of their group membership. More specifically, "personal discrimination" refers to acts of discrimination committed by individuals (e.g., a manager who refuses to hire Jewish employees), whereas "institutional discrimination" refers to discriminatory policies or practices carried out by organizations and other institutions (e.g., an anti-Semitic immigration policy).
Stereotyping and discrimination often go hand-in-hand, but it is also possible to have one without the others. When an ethnic group is stereotyped with a neutral or positive attribute such as "family-oriented," prejudice and discrimination may not be involved. Similarly, a generalized prejudice against "foreigners" or "amputees" may not include specific stereotypes or acts of discrimination. There are even times when discrimination takes place without prejudice or stereotyping, either intentionally or unintentionally.
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Avnish Srivastava, lived in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (2012-2017)
Answered Sep 4, 2016
A very good question indeed.
Discrimination means categorising people on account of their colour, caste, financial status, social status, class and other parameters and having different behaviour for different people.
Stereotypes is a term used for a special kind of habit, nature or practice is linked with specific kind of people. Or vice versa.
If a person eats too much cheeze, must be italian.
If a person eats curry, he’s Indian.
Even in India we stereotype people.
If he abuses too much, must be from Uttar Pradesh.
If he is from Bihar, must be a criminal and must not know english.
This is stereotyping.
Thank You.
After all, if encyclopedia readers are led to believe that Black people have intellectual limitations, why spend time and money educating Black children?
As used here, "discrimination" involves putting group members at a disadvantage or treating them unfairly as a result of their group membership. More specifically, "personal discrimination" refers to acts of discrimination committed by individuals (e.g., a manager who refuses to hire Jewish employees), whereas "institutional discrimination" refers to discriminatory policies or practices carried out by organizations and other institutions (e.g., an anti-Semitic immigration policy).
Stereotyping and discrimination often go hand-in-hand, but it is also possible to have one without the others. When an ethnic group is stereotyped with a neutral or positive attribute such as "family-oriented," prejudice and discrimination may not be involved. Similarly, a generalized prejudice against "foreigners" or "amputees" may not include specific stereotypes or acts of discrimination. There are even times when discrimination takes place without prejudice or stereotyping, either intentionally or unintentionally.
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Avnish Srivastava, lived in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (2012-2017)
Answered Sep 4, 2016
A very good question indeed.
Discrimination means categorising people on account of their colour, caste, financial status, social status, class and other parameters and having different behaviour for different people.
Stereotypes is a term used for a special kind of habit, nature or practice is linked with specific kind of people. Or vice versa.
If a person eats too much cheeze, must be italian.
If a person eats curry, he’s Indian.
Even in India we stereotype people.
If he abuses too much, must be from Uttar Pradesh.
If he is from Bihar, must be a criminal and must not know english.
This is stereotyping.
Thank You.
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A stereotype is a "fixed image" of an individual or a group - Like (all black people are ghetto, or all asians are math whizes, OR all middle easterns are terrorists).
Discrimination is directly related to prejudice - where someone is treated unfairly because of their race, religion,age, gender, or ethnicity.
(white man gets a job over a more qualified african american woman <--this is two in one. (race and gender)).
Discrimination can relate to many different things - Discrimination is an "umbrella term" other things like (injustice, ignorance, homophobia, prejudice, stereotyping, and bias)...fall under this umbrella.
Discrimination is directly related to prejudice - where someone is treated unfairly because of their race, religion,age, gender, or ethnicity.
(white man gets a job over a more qualified african american woman <--this is two in one. (race and gender)).
Discrimination can relate to many different things - Discrimination is an "umbrella term" other things like (injustice, ignorance, homophobia, prejudice, stereotyping, and bias)...fall under this umbrella.
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