Religion and Prejudice - created from Mind Map

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Effects of Prejudice and Discrimination

Causes of Prejudice

Definitions

Types of Prejudice and Discrimination

The bible and Prejudice/Discrimination

Genocide

War

Murder

People not allowed the same opportunities.

Terrorism

People feeling worthless and frightened

People feel lonely - low self esteem

The Holocaust

Upbringing

Ignorance

Media

Children learn from their parents

if you grow up with racist parents, it is likely you will be racist yourself.

not fully understanding different groups of people

difficult to get away from

constant examples of discrimination on the news

Stereotyping

Harmony

positive discrimination

ignorance

Scapegoating

Tolerance

Universal Declaration Human Rights

applying an over-simplified mental image of someone to everyone in a group.

Living in peace with others

Treating people more favourably because they have been discriminated against in the past.

The lack of knowledge or education.

Blaming certain groups for problems in society.

Respecting the beliefs and practices of others

A document which summarises the rights which all humans should have respected, drawn up by the United Nations in 1948 following the second world war.

Racism

Sexism

Ageism

Religious

Disability

Class, lifestyle and looks

General

Sexism

Jesus mixed with outcasts, prostitutes and lepers who were all looked down upon by society.

'Love your neighbour'

The story of the good samaritan

'To the woman [Eve] he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to your children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you" '

'Wives submit to your husbands'

' God createdman and woman in his own image.'