Discuss the relationship between prejudice and discrimination.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Sociologist Robert Merton (1949) created a model showing how the relationship between prejudice and discrimination can vary. His model includes four types of people and their possible response patterns. Unprejudiced nondiscriminators are not prejudiced and do not discriminate. They believe in the American creed of freedom and equality for all and cherish egalitarian values. They may not do much, however, individually or collectively, to change discrimination. In contrast, but equally consistent in attitude and action, are prejudiced discriminators who are both prejudiced and discriminate. They are willing to defy laws, such as not renting to minorities, to express their beliefs. Unprejudiced discriminators are not prejudiced, but they discriminate because it is expedient or in their own self-interest to do so. Prejudiced nondiscriminators are prejudiced, but do not discriminate. Despite their negative attitudes, they hire minorities and are civil in everyday interactions because they believe they must conform to antidiscrimination laws or situational norms.
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