Prejudice & Discrimination

Prejudice & Discrimination

1. What are prejudice and discrimination?

   • Prejudice is more to do with thoughts and feelings towards certain groups of people.
   • Discrimination means that people are acting on these thoughts.
   • Race
   • Gender
   • Sexuality
   • Gender Identity
   • Class
   • Wealth
   • Disabilities
   • Age
   • Religion
   • Looks

2. Causes and Consequences

   • Scapegoating
   • Ignorance
   • Upbringing
   • Bad experience
   • Media Portrayal
   • Effect on Wellbeing
     • Stress
       • Mental Illness
         • Suicide
       • Physical Illness
         • Death
       • Worsening Performance at School/Work
     • Low-Self Esteem
     • Feeling unwanted
   • Society
     • More crime
     • Riots etc.
     • Homelessness/Unemployment
     • Even ethnic cleansing and genocide

3. The Law