SOCI 2501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Belief, Invisible Hand, Antisemitism

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White, male, rich, employed, good are better than black, female, poor, unemployed, bad. Might feel personal, but is social / collective. Collective belief that society (or parts of society) belong to dominant group and others are intruding, don"t belong at all, or are guests . Desire to eliminate, avoid, or exclude others . Straight people concerned about gay people in gym locker room. Not knowing specifics about religion of islam. More commonly, society actively distorts reality to fuel intolerance. Myth that gay people are pedophiles or a threat to the family. Structures problematic beliefs about different racial groups, class groups, religious groups. We don"t treat all categories the same. See others as monolithic (all the same) See members of us group as individuals with more variety. Identities like race, class, gender, sexuality, religion. Often to redirect attention from blaming us group, or to blame for external causes (i. e. jews blamed for economic downfall after wwi)

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