A doctor married a nurse and they worked in the same hospital. One day the nurse brought a small baby to the doctor and said, “This is our baby.” The doctor looked at the baby and replied, “I can tell you for certain, I am not the father of this baby!”

Why did the doctor say this?

COMFORT ZONE

THINK NEW WAYSQUESTION EVERYTHING

MY IDENTITY

MY IDENTITY

BIASESBIASES

Bias is an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of alternatives that may also be valid.

STEREOTYPESSTEREOTYPESA stereotype is an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or a group. This generalization does not allow for individual differences or social variation. These stereotypes may come from the mass media, family discussions, close friends, personal experience, etc. Stereotypes can be both negative and positive.

Examples:

1.Muslims are terrorists

2.African Americans are good at sports

3.Women are weak and emotional

4.Thai people are a smiling people.

PrejudicePrejudice

Prejudice is an opinion, prejudgment or attitude about a group or its individual members.

Prejudices are usually aimed at the “other” and are often accompanied by ignorance, fear or hatred.

Examples:

1.“I am sure he stole my watch because he is poor.”

2.“I don’t like foreigners. They will destroy our community.”

3.Gay people carry HIV/AIDS and he is gay because he has long hair so I ‘m afraid of him!

PrejudicePrejudice

Prejudice can be learned from a very early age by listening to adults, watching tv or even playing games.

Ethnic and/or religious jokes are seen as harmless but develop a strong, and often unrecognized, prejudice in both young and old.

Once learned, stereotypes and prejudices resist change, even when evidence fails to support them or points to the contrary.

Example: “Some of my best friends are __________.”

PrejudicePrejudice

Stereotypes /prejudicesare often perpetuated by the dominant groups in society. Minority groups many even begin to accept the negative stereotypes and prejudices of themselves.

Mass media, especially news programs, often create and enforce negative stereotypes and prejudices.

Our prejudices and stereotypes may be hidden and even forgotten by us, but may actively emerge under stress, competition, anger, or fear.

DiscriminationDiscriminationDiscrimination is behavior that treats people unequally because of their group memberships (i.e. race, ethnicity, faith, nationality etc.) Discriminatory behavior, ranging from slights to hate crimes, often begins with negative stereotypes and prejudices.

Examples:

1.Kathleen could not get a job as a nurse because she wore the hijab.

2.People of one ethnic group are always searched by the police and humiliated.

3.Gay people are attacked and ridiculed because of their sexual preferences.

4.In USA, police sometimes more quickly shoot suspected criminals if they are black than if they are white.

CREATING LABELSCREATING LABELS

BackwardsBackwardsLabels take away a persons humanity and makes them an object that can more easily be discriminated against or even killed.

SOME STORIES OF SOME STORIES OF STEREOTYPING, PREJUDICE, STEREOTYPING, PREJUDICE,

DISCRIMINATION AND DISCRIMINATION AND LABELINGLABELING

So What?So What?

1. How can we identify our own prejudices and stereotypes?

2. How do you respond to those who discriminate against you?

3. What are the prejudices and stereotypes of your group (religious, ethnic, political, etc)?

SEEN BY ALL

SEEN BY ME ONLYHIDDEN TO ALL

SEEN ONLY TO OTHERS

Me

Others

SEEN BY ALL

SEEN BY ME ONLY

HIDDEN TO ALL

SEEN ONLY TO OTHERS

Me

Others

My IdentitiesMy Identities

SO WHAT?SO WHAT?

1. Share both positive and negative identity experiences you have had.

2. What are some strategies for transforming our prejudices and stereotypes?

3. How can we effectively confront others who express prejudices and stereotypes against us?