Ch.5 Building Inclusive Communities

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Ch.5 Building Inclusive Communities

• Stereotypes - Prejudice Discrimination- Racism

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What is a stereotype?
What is prejudice?
A view of a person or group that is based on
inaccurate or incomplete knowledge
An attitude of hostility directed at whole groups
of people involving a prejudgment based on
insufficient data
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Stereotypes Prejudice
Threatens the rights of people Illogically
exhibits stereotypical thinking Resists new
information

• Negative prejudice...

When stereotypes are combined with fear or
selfishness, they can become prejudice.
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Roots of Prejudice
The home is the central school for learning
prejudice
Prejudice is learned
Sexism is one of the earliest prejudices formed
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Stages of Prejudice
Extermination killing the undesirable
person or group
Physical attack violence and hate crimes
Discrimination harmful actions against
disliked persons
Avoidance avoiding members of a disliked group
Antilocution speaking against
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Physical Attack Hate Crimes

• Did you know.
• 47.3 are racially motivated
• 20 are motivated by religious bias
• 19.3 result from sexual-orientation bias
• 12.8 result from ethnicity/national origin basis
• .6 were prompted by disability bias

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Extermination

• Types of extermination
• 1. Assassinations
• 2. Lynchings
• 3. Massacres
• 4. Terrorist bombings
• 5. Genocide
• Examples The Holocaust, Rwandan genocide in 1994

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Attempting to Explain Prejudice

• . Why do people hold on to their prejudices?
• . People are too careless to think through and
  let go of prejudice
• . Scapegoats are an easy way to deal with
  negative emotions
• . Prejudice makes people feel superior
• . Prejudice thrives because it pays both
  psychologically and financially

• . What are some characteristics of people who are
  prejudiced?
• . Difficulty dealing with ambiguity
• . Low self-esteem
• . Authority-oriented
• 1. Think of someone you know who is prejudiced.
  How do they exhibit one or more of these
  behaviors? How can you have a positive impact on
  their prejudice?________________________
• __________________________________________________
  ____

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Ways to Overcome Prejudice
Discourage stereotypical language and prejudice
among family and friends
Work with people of different backgrounds
Participate in programs that put you in the
shoes of others
Establish laws/rules that require the fair
treatment of others
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Additional Ways to Overcome Prejudice

• 1. Pray for your ability to include and accept
  others
• 2. Learn to celebrate differences
• 3. Recognize inequalities in your school, work
  place, and parish
• 4. Avoid racial stereotypes, jokes, slurs
• 5. Refuse to participate in any verbal attacks on
  homosexual persons
• 6. Treat those with disabilities as unique
  individuals
• 7. Visit a nursing home with some friends
• 8. Avoid sexist comments
• 9. Include rather than exclude
• 2. Choose one suggestion from the this slide or
  the last that you can do. Explain, in concrete
  terms, how you will work to overcome prejudice.
  __________________________________________________
  ________
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ____________________

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Prejudice Discrimination

• Discrimination occurs when people who are
  motivated by prejudice use their power to deny
  individuals or groups the right to participate in
  community.
• Structural discrimination occurs when patterns of
  personal discrimination make their way into
  social structures it may be consciously chosen
  (apartheid) or unconsciously chosen by an
  institution or society.

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Types of DiscriminationSexism

• misguided belief that one sex is superior to the
  other
• Examples of sexism
• In no country in todays world are women paid
  as well as men (.78 / 1.00, etc.)
• There is greater poverty in households headed by
  women
• Some countries restrict the political
  participation of women
• Women condemned to unending menial labor
• Women victimized through violence

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Ageismprejudice exhibited against older people

• Examples of ageism
• More and more elderly are living in poverty
• Stability of Social Security and Medicare are of
  great concern as more people retire
• The move to legalize euthanasia may also decrease
  palliative (end of life) care

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Racism

• A personal bias and social disorder rooted in the
  belief that one race is superior to another. It
  involves not only prejudice by also the use of
  religious, social, political, economic, or
  historical power to keep one race privileged.

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Institutional Racism

• The term "institutional racism" describes
  societal patterns that have the net effect of
  imposing oppressive or otherwise negative
  conditions against identifiable groups on the
  basis of race or ethnicity.
• 3. Why is it important to differentiate
  institutional racism from personal bias?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________
• ______________________________________________

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Effects of Racism
African Americans

• suffer
  disproportionately from violence
• are incarcerated disproportionately
• have shorter life spans
• lack educational opportunities
• have a large number of
  families headed by
  single women

Also, keep in mind. . .
There still is a large income gap between African
Americans and Caucasians
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Effects of Racism
Have a history of working low-paying,
sometimes unsafe jobs in ranches, farms, mines,
and railroads Have trouble getting a decent
education (children of migrant workers, etc.)
Face immigration problems
Suffer from low wages, lack of health care and
decent education, unsafe and congested housing
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Effects of Racismon Native Americans
Housing
Homelessness
Negative Effects of Native American Reservations
Poverty
Education
Death rates among youth
Unemployment
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Responding to Discrimination Racism
Affirmative Action

• Employment programs required by federal statutes
  and regulations designed to remedy discriminatory
  practices in hiring minority group members.
• These programs are meant to
• eliminate existing and continuing discrimination
• remedy lingering effects of past discrimination
• create systems and procedures to prevent future
  discrimination
• They are commonly based on population percentages
  of minority groups in a particular area.
• Factors considered race, color, sex, creed, and
  age.

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Responding to Racism Personally

• Attitudes about differences and diversity When
  we are around people who are unlike us, how do we
  feel deep down?
• Self acceptance People who have a hard time
  accepting themselves often fail to accept others.
  They make a show out of what they think is wrong
  with others to bolster a false sense of security.
• Responding to prejudice How do we respond to
  prejudice that is directed against us?

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Responding to Racism Personally

• The roots of our fear and hatred Do we believe
  that others differences somehow hold a threat or
  challenge to our own way of doing things? Are we
  taking out our anger at an individual who has
  harmed us by hating all those who seem to be like
  him or her?
• Basic approach to life Do we have concern about
  other people or contributing to the common god of
  our communities?

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Responding to Racism Personally

• 4. Below, reflect on one of the five areas in the
  previous two slides you want to focus on.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _______________________________

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Responding to Racism as a Society

• Historical patterns How have past inequalities
  affected the ability of people to participate in
  society today?
• Patterns of power Who holds power in society,
  and how does that affect the ability of all to
  participate?
• Opportunity for all Do all people have access to
  the benefits of society?
• Honesty Do we as a community honestly
  acknowledge and address patterns of exclusion?

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Responding to Racism as a Society

• 5. Examine a community to which you belong, using
  some or all of the questions listed in the
  previous slide.
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______________________________________________

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Christian Roots of Inclusivity
Things to Consider about Inclusivity

• During Jesus ministry, he included everyone,
  especially foreigners and those seen as
  outcasts by society

St. Paul encouraged his converts to see through
the external differences that separate us
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The Way of Inclusivity
Racial Justice
Support efforts to eradicate discrimination
Root prejudice out of own lives
Empathize with others
Celebrate diversity
Learn from others
Appreciate our common humanity