DE Theology Test Unit 3

Define Equality

evenly distributed tools & resources

Define Equity

custon tools that identify & address inequality

what is a stereo-type?

an oversimplified generalization about something

what is prejudice?

a preformed judgement about an individual or group

positive prejudice example

high expectation of you ecause of a sibiling

neutral prejudice example

disliking a food that you haven’t tried before

negative prejudice characteristics:

denies people their rights, resists new info. because they are unwilling to change, and exhibits stereo-typical thinking

First stage of intensity:

Antilocution

Antilocution definition:

Speaking against, often in cliches; ethnic jokes and micro-agressions

Second stage of instensity:

Avoidance- avoiding member of the disliked group; intentionally ignoring & going out of the way to avoid.

Third stage of intensity:

Discrimination- harmful actions against a disliked person or group (denying people a job, segregation, etc.)

Fourth stage of intensity:

Physical attacks- hate crimes and violence against individuals

Fifth stage of intensity:

Extermination- eliminating the undesirable

Bias definition:

A particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling or opinion; a preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgement; a slant.

Confirmation Bias:

When we welcome information that confirms what we already think and resist information that disturbs us.

Complexity Bias:

The brain prefers a simple lie to a complex truth

Community Bias:

It is difficult to see what our community (tribe) does not want us to see: also known as social confirmation bias

Complimentary Bias:

If people are nice to you, you will be open to new information; if people are not nice to you, you will not be open to new information; delivery matters

Contact Bias:

If you lack contact with people, you will not be able to see what they see; when you get to know someone with a different perspective, you are more open to it

Consciousness Bias:

A person’s level of maturity matters in seeing new things

Confidence Bias:

Confidence is mistaken for competence; we like confidence, so we accept a confident lie to a hesitant truth

Comfort Bias:

We welcome data that allows us to relax and be happy; we don’t want information that is worrisome

What is Implicit Bias?

The attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

Racism:

Systemic subordination of member of a targeted racial group who have relatively little social power/privilege, by member of the dominant racial group who have more social power.

Race:

A social, cultural and historical construct that artificially divides people into groups.

Ancestry:

An individual’s relationship to other individuals in their genealogical history.

Ethnicity:

Social groups based on characteristics such as shared sense of history, values, behavioral patterns, language, etc.

Nationality:

A status of belonging to a nation by birth or naturalization (may share common origins or traditions, but not necessarily)

Culture:

the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups.

Institutional racism:

Often used as an overarching term for how organizations and institutions operate

Systematic racism:

Focuses heavily on the interconnectedness of systems (e.g., legal, economic, educational)

Structural racism:

Emphasizes the broader historical and foundational ideas, laws, and cultural assumptions that permit those systems to exist.

Solutions to racism?

recognition of inherent human dignity, taking individual responsibility, empathize with others, education, community engagement, economic and social investment, and justice system.