Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #6
Course: Cultural Diversity Code: LSSS N205
Name: Ahmed Abdulla Alali ID#: H00269258
With a partner, please answer the
following. You may use internet resources to help you.
1.
Define:
a.
Stereotyping:
is an
exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or group — a
generalization that allows for little or no individual differences or social
variation
b.
Prejudice:
is an opinion, prejudgment
or attitude about a group or its individual members
c.
Bias: it is
a cause to feel against a person or a group especially in a way considered to
be unfair.
d.
Discrimination: is behavior that
treats people unequally because of their group memberships
Give an example of each.
A) Black People are good at sports.
B) All Arab have S-class cars
C) Indians are not respected
D) Women can drive cars in
Saudi Arabia
Watch Class Divided
ü Understanding
With partners, answer the following:
1.
Where, when and
with whom did this experiment take place?
1950, classroom of 3rd graders.
2.
Describe the experiment. One
day make the blue eyed children superior and the other day it works the
opposite way. To teacher them how discrimination feels.
3.
What were the
results? Very
effective, taught them by feeling being the out group
4.
How successful do
you believe it was? Very
successful, even after they grew up it was still the same way after they
changed.
Going
Deeper 
In groups of four, discuss the following:
Ø a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination
My friend is from America and he thinks that I’m rich
because I’m from the emirates
Ø a time she or he discriminated against somebody else
I prefer locals in shopping malls than expats because they
have more money
Ø a time she or he witnessed discrimination and
did nothing about it
Never
Ø a time she or he witnessed discrimination and
did something about it
I saw a local guy at mussafah cursing in his car and when
he sees a Indian guy walking he pass beside them to make them scare so I called
the police and told them about it and gave them the plate number and they
cached him and he didn’t have a license
