Chapter 1. Prejudice and Patriotism I

1.1 Prejudice and Patriotism I

Prejudice and Patriotism I

Short Description

It can be pretty easy for us to roll our eyes at people who try to pass off what seems to be their clear bias not as the prejudice it is, but as something desirable (e.g.; “White pride”). It seems obvious to us that this is just a cover for a socially undesirable attitude. But what happens when the cover is something that appeals to us – like being a proud American? Please read Chapter 10 and come back to watch this clip taken from the ABC program “What Would You Do?” Questions will draw on text and video material.

Long Description


After you've watched the video, click the link below to answer questions about what you've learned.
Video Assessment Quiz

Questions

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1. The employee at the shop tells the woman “We don’t serve Muslims here,” and when she asks him what he thinks she is, he replies, “Well, you’re a terrorist.” What aspect of prejudice is being demonstrated here?

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2. The employee tells the strudel-seeking woman “We don’t serve your kind,” meaning Muslims. He is demonstrating what aspect of prejudice?

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3. The bakery employee says that he doesn’t want to serve his Muslim customer because “We’re at war with your people.” This belief might be the basis of the employee’s prejudice based on which theory of the origins of prejudice?

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4. The employee makes reference to the Muslim woman’s dress as being somehow un-American, at one point implying her headscarf is like a Halloween costume. This equation of the Muslim woman’s religiously-mandated hijab with costumes worn on a popular American holiday reflects:

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5. The psychologist in the video clip, Jack Dovidio, says that people will close up and define their group (in this case, Americans) in a very rigid fashion when what happens?

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