1. PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
Chapter 5 – Race and Ethnicity – Sociology

2. Learning Prejudice Prejudice vs. Discrimination
Discrimination: An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group
Racism: Prejudice and discrimination on the basis of race.
Prejudice: An attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way.

3. Learning Prejudice We learn prejudice from the people around us
People can be prejudiced against people they have never met – even against groups that do not exist.
People can be prejudiced against their own groups
Ex: Both white and black subjects associate positive words with whites and negative words with blacks on the Implicit Association test.

4. Individual & Institutional Discrimination
Individual Discrimination: The negative treatment of one person by another on the basis of that person’s perceived characteristics.
Institutional Discrimination: The negative treatment of a minority group that is built into society’s institutions.

5. Individual & Institutional Discrimination
Examples of Institutional Discrimination in U.S.
Home Mortgages and Car Loans
African Americans and Latinos are 60% more likely than whites to be rejected for loans when applicants were relative equal in their credit histories.
African Americans are likely to be charged more than whites for their car loans and mortgages than whites
Health Care
Both black and white doctors are more likely to offer preventative care to whites