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Social Policy Prejudice and Discrimination Although the terms 'prejudice' and 'discrimination' appear to share the same generic meaning, there are subtle differences between the two. The Oxford Dictionary defines prejudice as 'a preconceived opinion, bias or partiality,' whereas discrimination is termed as 'unfavourable treatment based on prejudice.' (Fowler et al 1998) It could be said that although prejudice is a passive notion based around though, influence or bias, discrimination is to consciously act in a certain manner because of preconceived ideologies or beliefs which are then projected onto a third party. Because discrimination is where members of a defined group are treated differently because of their social difference, this is usually based upon features such as race, ethnicity, gender and disability. (Jary et al 2000) Racial discrimination is commonly defined as; ''a set of beliefs, ideologies and social processes that discriminate against others on the basis of their supposed membership of a 'racial' group.''(Jary...

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