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Prejudice means judging a person without really knowing them (pre-judging). Racism means being prejudiced because of their race.

All racists are prejudiced, but not all people who are prejudiced are racists. You can be prejudiced against men or against women, against old people or young people, or against fat people or thin people. Racists just look at skin color, eye shape, and other traits that tell your race.

People who are prejudiced are ignorant, and they make these judgments because they don't understand the other person. Educated people are not prejudiced because they know that all people are basically the same.

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How prejudice can be manifested?

On one account, prejudice involves failing to take into proper account a person's (or, more generally, an agent's) interests simply because of some arbitrary fact or feature of that person (or agent). For instance, a racist might discount the interests of people who belong to a race that she dislikes. A sexist might discount the interests of people of the 'wrong' gender. And so on. People discriminate against others on the basis of race, sex, class, religion (or lack thereof), looks, sexual orientation, and more.Prejudice stains our relationships with animals, too. Just as many people are racist or sexist, so too are many people "specialist": these people fail to take into proper account the interests of other beings simply on account of their species. They say, for instance, that animal suffering doesn't matter because it's *animal* suffering rather than human suffering. Without further explanation, this argument is no better, no more convincing, than more familiar modes of discrimination like sexism or racism.


Are white Americans racist?

they'd like to think they aren't but I feel as they have some views of a racist type nature. They also believe in a huge amount of stereotypes about other ethnicities based on false facts. I wouldn't exactly call them pure racists, but they sure aren't friendly to non-whites and come off as they think they are "better" than anyone who isn't "white". I wouldn't define them as the textbook definition of a racist, but I would say many of them are quite ignorant and misinformed.


Why is stereotyping dangerous?

stereotyping is dangerous because your actions and/or behavior will be based on it. You may act racist/sexist due to your belief that all persons of this religion, culture, race, gender, etc. are all __________. Such an assumption would not be factual but will serve as a hinderance for globalisation. We will have cultural differences but its important to understand those differences.


What do you call whites who hate blacks?

Ignorant if you are hating anyone for any reason! Especially for color of skin!! But the correct term is " Racist" I reckon!!


How do stereotypes cause prejudice?

Probably human's nature to categorize and group things. It's natural to group like things together so its possible that stereotyping came from that tendency, grouping races, religions and sexes together because of similarities among them.

Related Questions

How can a person be prejudice but not a racist?

A person can prejudice another person but not be a racist by always being positive and tolerant.


What is the title of a prejudice person?

Racist


What is the difference between racist and racialist?

Racist refers to someone who holds prejudice and discriminates against individuals based on their race, while racialist refers to someone who believes in racial superiority and promotes the idea of race as a defining characteristic. Racialist views often lead to racist behaviors and actions.


What is individual prejudice?

It means that you alone have been prejudice. Like your racist or have been sexual prejudice to someone else.


Are babies racist?

No they learn the racist behavior from their parents or relatives.


What American war was racist and showed prejudice against poor Americans?

WWII


What is the difference between racism and white supremacy?

There is no difference, truly. To think the white race is the supreme race is, in itself, racist.


Is discriminating against white people racism?

Discriminating against someone specifically because they are white is racist. So yes, it can be considered racism.


What do you call racist?

Someone who is racist, whether it be towards their own race or any other is a racist or has a prejudice towards their own race. In Psychology, this kind of racism is called Internalized Racism.


Who made amends for the racist The Birth of a Nation with Intolerance a history of prejudice?

DW Griffith


Is Florida prejudice?

sometimes it can ever since some racist people from Alabama came


What does racist?

Racist means discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race