Defines and describes the nature of prejudice, provides an overview of discrimination in America, and evaluates the efforts to end racial discrimination.
Organized around Allport's central themes, this book provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive view of where the field has been, where it is now, and where it is going.
`This book stands out for a number of reasons...the result is an authoritative, provocative and challenging collection, which will doubtless help to stimulate further debate in the field′ Susan Condor, Department of Psychology, Lancaster ...
The final chapter is a summary of the general principles and conclusions discussed through the book.
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Prejudice and Racism
The Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice aims to answer the questions: why is prejudice so persistent? How does it affect people exposed to it? And what can we do about it?
Written in an engaging, conversational style, the book brings social-psychological theories and research to life with compelling everyday examples. The text explores the personal and societal impacts of different forms of prejudice.
Lacayo , R. ( 1992 , December 4 ) . Jack and Jack and Jill and Jill . Time , pp . 52–53 . Lacayo , R. ( 1993 , April 19 ) . Unhealed wounds . Time , pp . 26-31 . ... Lindsey , L. L. ( 1994 ) . Gender Roles : A Sociological Perspective .
Six young people discuss their feelings about their own ethnic backgrounds and about their experiences with people of different races.
This history of prejudice in America begins with the arrival of white Europeans.