Discrimination - The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups, because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons
Institutional discrimination - A denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, resulting from the normal operations of society
Political correctness - Conforming to a belief that languages and practices which could offend political sensibilities could be eliminated
Part II
Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions:
How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping?
Answer: Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individual groups because of prejudice or other reasons. Prejudice is a negative attitude toward an entire category of people. Stereotyping is exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group not looking at individuals. Discrimination is different because you can be prejudice and not discriminate. Most time discrimination is due to the different way of someone and not their race. In Discrimination it is about that one individual not a whole group.
What are the causes of discrimination?
Answer: Discrimination can be caused by a verity of different reasons. I think one reason is the way that one person was taught. Like prejudice and stereotyping discrimination is learned it is not something that someone is born with it is learned from someone at some point in their life. It can be learned by someone in their family or by anyone that this person that the person is around or influenced by. Second I think that one person’s religion or beliefs can cause them to discriminate against other religions for many different reasons. Finally I think discrimination is caused by the way that other people
