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DISCUSSION RACISM

DISCUSSION  RACISM

Q Discuss your thoughts this week on racism and prejudice in modern America. Using concepts presented in the text and in the class, provide examples of racism and prejudice in your personal experiences. Then consider how the psychology of heroism can be applied to combat the problems associated with prejudice and discrimination.

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Prejudice and racism is a kind of discrimination against an individual based on one’s membership in a specific racial group such as toward African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans. Personally, I’m totally against such practice and find it filthy stuff of discriminating on the basis of their skin colour, race, or religion. One example of a well-known stereotype involves beliefs about racial differences among athletes. Hodge et al. (2008) pointed out that "Black male athletes are often believed to be more athletic, yet less intelligent, than their White male counterparts".