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Prejudice in our Society
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Prejudice in our Society By Susan Bradley Psychology Essay For: Dr. Liam Toal Due: Thursday 25th November 2004 To start my essay on prejudice, I decided to look the words Discrimination and Prejudice up in the dictionary, even though I know From what I have learned in class and what I know about prejudices and Discrimination from my own personal knowledge and circumstances. I Wanted to start with a proper description that is used in the Oxford English Dictionary. This way, it is a description that we can all relate too. Discrimination: Treating one or more members of a specified group Unfairly compared to, as with other people. Discrimination may be illegal on The grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, disability or Nationality. Prejudice: In normal usage, means preconceived opinion or bias, against Or in favour of a person or thing. While it is important to remember that Biases can be positive as well as...
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