Define+and+provide+examples+for+stereotyping,+prejudice,+and+discrimination.

Stereotype  A stereotype is commonly thought of to be a generalization of a group of people based on a small sample of these people. For example, it may be a stereotype that Asian people love to eat rice. So according to this stereotype, if you are Asian, that automatically means that you will unconditionally love to eat rice. This can already show that generalizations made from stereotypes are not the most reliable to base your judgement on. Typically racial and ethnic group stereotypes come from some degree of prejudice thought.



 Prejudice  When someone is prejudice it usually refers to their thoughts, feelings and beliefs about a certain group of people. These are not the attitudes that are practiced, but only what is cognitively or even subconsciously processed. Let's say that I own a clothes shop, I think my shop should stay in only the highest class of people's grasp and no one who looks even remotely low class should enter my shop. However, it would be illegal to actively practice this in the shop so it only remains my opinion which is a prejudice against lower class citizens.



 Discrimination  While prejudice defines what you believe about a group of people, discrimination is the action you take towards those beliefs. Fortunately, widespread racial discrimination; specifically in the USA, has been done away with. However, not too long ago African American, Asian and Native American citizens faced extreme discrimination and it was socially excepted, perhaps even encouraged.



 While stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination don't necessarily have to be negative, it is more com manly believed that they are in fact negative.

With social interactions it is inevitable to make preconceived judgements of people we come in contact with. These judgements usually come from our stereotypes, prejudices and to what extent we will discriminate. When defining these while they may sound different, they are fundamentally different. What must be noted is that the stereotype is the aforementioned preconceived notion about a person or group of people based on past generalizations. Prejudices are opinions that we hold on certain individuals or groups of people, whether they be negative or positive opinions or even subconscious feeling we might have. Finally, discrimination is actually the act of carrying out what your prejudoces might hold for these certain people.