JUST 3700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Reverse Racism, Jim Crow Laws
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Audio recording started: 12:35 pm tuesday, august 29, 2017. Proper attitudes and stereotypes as young as 6 months you can recognize group differences, by 3 years children can accurately. They then start to learn stereotypes and discrimination. Caught (parents occasionally told an off colored joke and this is where your prejudice co. Taught (parents actively try to make you and teach you prejudice thoughts) Law has been used to define groups and reinforce differences (hb2 targets trans/lgbt community) (jim crow laws) Segregation separates minorities from the dominant group ately categorize race classes e comes from) Population transfer- removal of a minority group assimilation- merging of minority and majority. Forces assimilation- minority group compelled to suppress culture. Contact: you can reduce prejudice by having two people from different groups, interact with e conducted from each other are false and reduce prejudice. Strict affirmative action: intention is to reduce prejudice and discrimination.