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Chapter 2 - Understanding Difference and Discrimination - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 2 - Understanding Difference
and Discrimination
XENOPHOBIA
Fear of the foreigner and the unknown
PREJUDICE
Judgement we make without knowing the person
It can be positive or negative
STEREOTYPES
Shared beliefs about a group of people
Overgeneralization
It's based on experience
Societies
Multicultural
People from different countries
They speak different languages
Minorities are tolerated, but not accepted or valued
Intercultural
People interact
People are accepted and respected
Everybody is believed to be equal
CULTURE
Values and systems to make sense of the world
It's not static
Process of socialisation
ETHNOCENTRISM
Belief that our culture is the right and superior one
DISCRIMINATION
Prejudice in action
It leads to isolation of different communities
Power
INTOLERANCE
Lack of respect towards people who have different beliefs and opinions
It could be based on sexuality, religion, and style
ANTI-SEMITISM
Intolerance and discrimination towards Jewish people
RACISM
Discrimination based on race
Some may believe that there are superior and inferior races
Some others believe there's one race: the human race
Race is a myth