PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Rwandan Genocide, Positive Psychology
Document Summary
Examples of recent racist events that prove prejudice is still alive. A hundred thousand people were killed in 100 days. 2 tribal groups, 1 group hated the other group. Although they had similar cultures, there was a deep hatred among the groups. This is during an economic downturn in indonesia. The largest target in this riot are ethnic chinese people. A wealthy neighbourhood does not want muslims to build a mosque in their neighbourhood. Many neighbours do not believe that they are discriminatory against muslims, instead they claim that they are more concerned about property values, drainage and traffic. When readers found out that rue (a character) in the story is black, they claim that they were disappointed, and it was not as sad when rue died in the story. This course teaches the student about the perceptions of racism from the perceiver"s and target"s perspectives.
