Challenging Prejudice and Building Tolerance

We have made "_______" an excuse for prejudice and discrimination.

The negative feeling or attitude towards a person or a group even if it lacks basis.

Refers to the negative opinion about a person or group based on incomplete knowledge.

Negative actions towards members of a specific social group that may be manifested through avoidance, aversion, or even violence.

Social learning theory states that prejudice is ______,  sometimes for generations , and is reinforced in various institutions including the family, school, and media.

The belief that one's own culture or racial heritage is innately superior to that of others, hence, the lack of respect or appreciation for those who belong to a "different race."

A system of attitudes, actions and institutional structures that subordinates women on the basis of their sex.

A negative attitude towards lesbians and gay men.

Distancing from and perceiving the poor as "the other".

Negative attitudes members of the dominant language groups hold against non-dominant language groups.

Negative attitude held against  the young or the elderly

Prejudice against those who do not measure up to ser standards of beauty. The usual victims are the overweight, the undersized and the dark-skinned.

Prejudice against those who are followers of religions other than  one's own.

The respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of cultures and various forms of human expression.

Tolerance recognizes that others have the right to be _______.

Discrediting hateful propaganda towards the "different other" through education is an ________.

Article q.2 of the "Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice" stipulates that "all individuals and groups have the _________.

Educating for tolerance is a ________.

Prejudice is based on a ______ that there is only one correct way of experiencing the world.