Define the terms "prejudice", "racism" and "discrimination".

Running head : prejudice , racism and discrimination

Effects of prejudice , racism and discrimination in society

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Discrimination involves treatment of an individual or a group of people based on class or category . It can be personal , legal or institutional discrimination . It involves denying an individual or a group of people an opportunity that is available to other individuals or groups Discriminatory actions can be done in different ways but they all involve in one way or the other some form of rejection . There are

different forms of discrimination which include but not limited to the following : Age discrimination , gender discrimination , castle discrimination , employment discrimination , sex orientation and gender discrimination , language discrimination , reverse discrimination disability and religious discrimination (Camponovo , 2003

According to Dunn McDonald (2004 , age discrimination involves unfair treatment of an individual or a group based on age . It usually occurs in one of the three different forms : Adultism (discrimination against adults , discrimination against people older than 40 and also discrimination against elderly people . It mostly happens in employment where by employees prefer younger people for employment ignoring older people with their experience although laws have been put in place to help reduce the practice . Gender discrimination involves negative believes and attitude based on gender . Employment discrimination involves locking out a group of people from applying and receiving jobs because of race , disability , religion , age and sexual orientation (Michinov , Dambrun , Guimond Myot , 2005

Racism refers to discrimination of individuals based on social divisions that may not always...