Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.
—Michael Crichton, State of Fear

Prejudice is an underlying complex mix of mental perceptions and associated emotions and attitudes toward members of another group that often result in social distance and manifest in overt acts of discrimination. An important first step in addressing the roots of prejudice and discrimination is to trace the historical sources and the psychological reinforcements.

In this Assignment, you will explore historical examples of prejudice and discrimination, drawing on how prejudice is perpetuated across generations, and analyzing the implications of persistent prejudice in society.

To prepare:

• Identify one historical example and one contemporary example of discrimination. Consider the underlying causes and the consequences of discrimination in these cases.

Submit a 3- to 4-page paper in which you do the following for both your historical example and your contemporary example of discrimination:

• Analyze the major cause(s) of discrimination.
• Analyze how discrimination has been manifested.
• Analyze the consequences of the discrimination. How has discrimination benefitted one group over another?
• Apply one or more of the theories of prejudice and discrimination (covered in Chapter 3 of the course text (Marger, 2015)) to analyze each example.
• Analyze any social policies that have emerged in order to address the acts of discrimination.

Support your assertions by making at least two documented references to your course readings. Please use proper APA formatting to cite each of your sources.

Length: 3–4 pages

• Marger, M. N. (2015). Race and ethnic relations: American and global perspectives(10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
  • Chapter 2, “Ethnic Stratification: Majority and Minority” (pp. 27–48)
  • Chapter 3, “Tools of Dominance: Prejudice and Discrimination” (pp. 49–78)

Media

• Ted Conferences (Producer). (2014c). Paul Bloom: Can prejudice ever be a good thing? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_can_prejudice_ever_be_a_good_thing

  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 16 minutes.

  “We often think of bias and prejudice as rooted in ignorance. But as psychologist Paul Bloom seeks to show, prejudice is often natural, rational… even moral. The key, says Bloom, is to understand how our own biases work—so we can take control when they go wrong.”

• Understanding Prejudice. (2016b). The lunch date [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/stereo.htm
• Understanding Prejudice. (2016c). Implicit associations and hidden biases [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/stereo.htm
• Understanding Prejudice. (2016d). The psychological effects of stereotype threat [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/stereo.htm

Paper no. 2

List the Similarities and Differences between Jewish-Moroccan ‘Bakkashot’ and Jewish- Ottoman ‘Maftirim’. Please make a comparison of the similarities and differences (rather than talking about the ‘Bakkashot’ separately for one page and then about the ‘Maftirim’ for one page…) – for example, you might write something like: “Both the Bakkashot and Maftirim are sung on… however the former is sung in the morning while the latter…” ! You should use ALL 3 sources listed below. If you would like to add other sources

(but NOT instead of the 3 listed below), you are welcome to do so. If you add additional sources, include them in your paper’s “Works Cited.”

! Submit as an attached Word document (preferred) or PDF. Do not submit links

to Google Docs. ! Keep the introduction and conclusion concise. Get to the comparisons quickly. ! Not more than TWO 1.5-spaced pages ! Cite your sources ! Plagiarism includes copying and pasting from Wikipedia, an encyclopedia, or

any other sources not quoted or cited and paraphrased. It will not be tolerated, and you will not receive credit for the paper.

Sources

Available on the eCommons

1. Seroussi, Edwin. “Politics, Ethnic Identity and Music in the Singing of Bakkashot among Moroccan Jews in Israel” in Asian Music 17/2 (1986), 32-45.

2. Jackson, Maureen. Mixing Musics: Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a

Sacred Song (Stanford University Press, 2013)

3. Seroussi, Edwin. “The Turkish Maqam in the Musical Culture of the Ottoman Jews: Sources and Examples”, in Israel Studies in Musicology, Volume 5 (1990), 43-68.