Portfolio Exercise #6 - Stereotyping & Blue Eyes Video

Goal 2 Adverse Reactions to 

Diversity – 2012 - Semester

Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSS N2053

Name: Mohamad Haroun             ID#  H00254387                                  

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:

     a.       Stereotyping: categorize

     b.      Prejudice: favor

     c.       Bias: alignment

     d.      Discrimination: recognition

2.      Give an example of each term

a- A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality.

b- A prejudice is most often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality or other personal characteristics.

c- Bias is an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of (possibly equally valid) alternatives. 

d- Discrimination is the prejudicial or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on his or her membership - or perceived membership - in a certain group or category.

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.        Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place? Midwest USA, 1968, ellenoy.

2.      Describe the experiment. It’s to teach them what to make fun of other people by their outside look.

3.      What were the results? Very successful.

4.      How successful do you believe it was? The children start to think of other people the same.

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

Ø  a time you experienced prejudice or discrimination

Ø  a time you discriminated against somebody else

Ø  a time you witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it

Ø  a time you witnessed discrimination and did something about it

·        I don't like the local people how discriminant about.

·        There is a common rule among people that the Egyptians are swindlers and thieves.

·        There is sensitivity when some locals, about the origins of some citizens.

·        Some people hate the person through its look was ugly hated him and that its look  was handsome loved him.