Religion and Prejudice

Religion and Prejudice

1. What is prejudice?

   • Prejudice is the process of 'pre-judging' something or someone. It is an opinion that is not based on fact. Prejudice is the thought.

2. What is discrimination?

   • Discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or a group based on a prejudice. Discrimination is the action and is illegal.

3. Prejudice is the opinion. Discrimination is the action.

4. What can a person be judged on?

   • Sexuality
   • Age
   • Disability
   • Appearance: weight, hair colour
   • Race
   • Religion; anti-sematism, Islamaphobia
   • Gender

5. Laws can stop discrimination, but not prejudice because discrimination is the action and it can be physically stopped, whereas prejudice is an opinion and can't be stopped.

6. Scapegoat: A person or a group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.

7. Stereotypes: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.