Theories of Prejudice: Ideas about why people become prejudice1. Scapegoat theory- Prejudice here comes from people themselves who are disadvantaged. Have someone to blame other than themselves.2. Authoritarian personality theory- comes from people with certain strong personality types. Very strong prejudice and are intolerant of minorities. They grow up with very rigid beliefs that certain things are right and wrong in society. They believe the better people dominate the weaker people. And they consider themselves the better people. Ex. White supremises3. Culture theory- Says that only certain people show strong prejudice but everybody has a little bit. Stems from our culture. This particular theory was the work of 1970’s college students.4. Conflict theory- says that prejudice is used as a tool by powerful people to oppress the weaker ones. Ex. Farmers who hire immigrants.Discrimination - is unequal treatment of various categories of people – Prejudice is the attitude. Discrimination is the action to the attitude.Institutional Discrimination- it is built into the operation of society itself. Ex. Homosexual couple or minority apply for loan to try to move to a white heterosexual neighborhood, but will be denied even if they have everything in order and ready.Four (4) patterns of interaction between majority and minority groups: Majority groups- who has the power1. Pluralism- smaller groups within the greater dominant society, but still maintain their own cultural.2. Assimilation- Canadians assimilate easily. Cuban, Japanese, and German do not assimilate easily to our culture3. Segregation- the physical and social separation of categories of people. Illegal in U.S. People segregate themselves. Ex. The Amish, or poor/ poverty stricken people.4. Genocide- The systematic killing of one category of people by another. Occurs in more regions than others. Ex- U.S. killing the native Americans.Race and ethnicity/Ethnic Groups :Native Americans-1. The Cherokee, Sioux, Mohawk, Inca and Aztecs were among the many first or original settlers of the Western Hemisphere2. 30,000 years before Columbus came to America many crossed the land bridge across the Bering straits and settled the Americas3. When the Europeans arrived in the fifteenth century there were million s of Native Americans, by 1900 because of acts of genocide Native Americans numbered just 250,000 and the land they controlled shrank dramatically4. It was not until 1924 that Native Americans were entitled to US citizenship5. Once this happened many left the reservation and came into the citifies – today 4 out 0f 5 consider themselves bi or multi racial6. Income for Native Americans is far below the US average and very few earn college degrees and most have a low social standing7. Many are targets of prejudice and discrimination8. While a few Native Americans prosper now days most remain severely disadvantaged. They have experienced prejudice in their own country since others stepped foot on their soil…..The White Anglo Saxon ProtestantsEnglish still dominant language. Protestant still dominant, but holding on by a thread. English common law. The biggest thing the WASP left in society was the use of such terms as race and Ethnicity. Why come to the United States? Because of religious persecution.1. Although not the first inhabitants they quickly dominated the US2. Most are of English although some are from Scotland and Wales ancestry ( it is roughly 11% of our population today)3. Most were highly skilled and motivated to achieve by what we call the Protestant Work ethic – this was the drive to work very hard and accumulate as much wealth as possible:Because of this motivation and their numbers and power, they were not subject to the prejudice and discrimination experienced by other categories of people here in AmericaIn fact, their power led to others wanting to become more like them.They were strong and they were the majority in the beginning and they built the foundation for what this country stood for, for many years.By about the 1950’s the wealth and power of the Wasps had peaked and by the 1960’s, John Kennedy, became the first Irish Catholic President of the US,Today, the WASPS legacy continues as English is still the dominant language and Protestantism is the majority religion and our legal system still reflects its English origins.The biggest thing the Wasps left imprinted upon our society is use of terms such as race and ethnicity to describe everyone but themselves.So where is their prejudice and stereotyping? Why, it occurred long before they ever reached our shores, in fact, it is one of the reasons they came to this strange and foreign land. They left their land because of religious persecution mainly, the land was very prejudiced against them and many were killed because of the prejudice against them………………..African Americans1. They came first with Spanish explorers in the 15ht century. However, most remember only the first African Americans who comes as indentured servants and slaves in the late 1600’s to Virginia2. Slavery became the foundation of the southern colonies and laws were passed regarding slavery. Approximately 400,000 slaves were bought from Africa to the US but more than 10 million went to other countries3. They were bought and sold as pieces of property and families were broken up, the law allowed that masters could do whatever to ensure that slaves were obedient and hardworking4. The lives of most of these people stood in strict contradiction to the principles of freedom upon which this country was founded5. By 1865, slavery was outlawed and three years later slaves were able to gain citizenship in the US if born in the US6. The 20th century brought radical changes for African Americans. WW 1 brought many from the south to factories in the North7. In the 1950-60 civil rights movements grew. The prejudice ran rampant and increased two fold…people were killed but eventually ,segregated school and discrimination in employment among others ,became against the laws8. Black Power movements in the 1960-70 gave a new sense of price and purpose to African Americans9. However, by means of income and social status most African Americans still occupied low social class10. Between 1980-2005 the share of Africa American receiving college degree toes from 8 – 17%.11. The political power of African Americans has increased dramatically over the yearsThe Asian Americans1. 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