Chapter 1. Prejudice and Patriotism II

1.1 Prejudice and Patriotism II

Prejudice and Patriotism II

Short Description

In Prejudice and Patriotism I, you saw a bigoted bakery employee refusing to serve a Muslim woman, and you also saw several people who were either indifferent to the discrimination, or who actively endorsed it. In Prejudice and Partiotism II, however, we begin to see some people coming to the defense of the strudel-seeking Muslim woman. If you haven’t already for part I, please read Chapter 10 and come back to watch the video. Questions will draw from both the textbook and the video.

Long Description


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

Questions

Question

1. The “What Would You Do?” video was shot in Texas, and according to 2012 data, Muslims make up less than 2% of the population of Texas. This low percentage might be behind the employee’s contention that the Muslim woman in the store is a terrorist according to which idea about stereotypes?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question

2. The prejudiced employee keeps referring to himself as an American, and implying (or outright stating) that the Muslim customer is not. By separating himself from the Muslim woman in this way, we might consider that his prejudice comes from:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question

3. Jack Dovidio, the social psychologist John Quinones interviews in the video, says that peoples’ reactions in support of the Muslim woman arise from onlookers’ concerns with:

A.
B.
C.
D.

Question

4. Let’s imagine a history for the bigoted employee. Imagine he had no exposure to or knowledge of Muslims at all until the 9/11 terrorist attacks. After watching TV for days and hearing a lot of negative things about Muslims, the man became afraid of Muslims, and so began to endorse negative stereotypes about the group – like that observant Muslims were terrorists. This dynamic would reflect what aspect of prejudice and stereotyping?

A.
B.
C.
D.