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This anthology, edited by Scott Plous, can be used as a main text or supplementary text for courses on prejudice, discrimination, and diversity. It includes a unique collection of readings edited, adapted, or updated specifically for this anthology - some of which have never been published before. Interdisciplinary in scope and wide-ranging in approach, the anthology combines research articles, opinion polls, legal decisions, news reports, personal narratives, and more. Several readings come from people on the receiving end of prejudice (often referred to as "targets" of prejudice), whereas other readings focus on perpetrators, bystanders, and social institutions.Note: The book can also be used in conjunction with UnderstandingPrejudice.org, a web site that includes interactive exercises and demonstrations, multimedia materials, tips for instructors, and other prejudice-related resources.

Section I. Homo Stereotypus: Wired for Trouble

The Psychology of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination: An Overview - Scott Plous

Who Is Black? One Nation's Definition - F. James Davis

Section II. Stigma

No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement - Joseph P. Shapiro

In Europe, Outcry Is Loud Over a Sport Called Dwarf-Tossing - Paul Hemp

Avoidance of the Handicapped: An Attributional Ambiguity Analysis - Melvin L. Snyder, Robert E. Kleck, Angelo Strenta, and Steven J. Mentzer

Citing Intolerance, Obese People Take Steps to Press Cause - Carey Goldberg

Race and the Schooling of Black Americans - Claude Steele

The Stereotype Trap - Sharon Begley

Section III. Racism Then

The Hottentot Venus - Stephen Jay Gould

The Use of Blacks for Medical Experimentation and Demonstration in the Old South - Todd L. Savitt

Coming of Age in Mississippi - Anne Moody

The American Concentration Camps: A Cover-Up Through Euphemistic Terminology - Raymond Y. Okamura

Section IV. Racism Now

Five Myths About Immigration: The New Know-Nothingism - David Cole

Once Appalled by Race Profiling, Many Find Themselves Doing It - Sam Howe Verhovek

Race to Incarcerate - Marc Mauer

A Computer Diagnosis of Prejudice - Erica Goode

Service with a Sneer - Howard Kohn

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - Peggy McIntosh

Reflections of Affirmative Action Goals in Psychology Admissions - James Amirkhan, Hector Betancourt, Sandra Graham, Steven Regeser López, and Bernard Weiner

Ten Myths About Affirmative Action - Scott Plous

Section V. Sexism

Listening - Sey Chassler

An Ambivalent Alliance: Hostile and Benevolent Sexism as Complementary Justifications for Gender Equality - Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske

The Deadly Serious Game of the Beauty Pageant - Sandra McElwaine

Influence of Popular Erotica and Judgments of Strangers and Mates - Douglas T. Kenrick, Sara E. Gutierres, and Laurie L. Goldberg

Male Epithets for Ethnic Women in Historical American Slang - Irving Lewis Allen

Detecting and Labeling Prejudice: Do Female Perpetrators Go Undetected? - Robert S. Baron, Mary L. Burgess, and Chuan Feng Kao

Section VI. Anti-Semitism

The Destruction of the European Jews: Dehumanization and Concealment - Raul Hilberg

Antisemitism in America - Leonard Dinnerstein

While Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy - Arthur D. Morse

ADL 2000 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents - Anti-Defamation League

Section VII. Genocide in America

Naming Our Destiny: Toward a Language of American Indian Liberation - Ward Churchill

Let’s Spread the “Fun” Around: The Issue of Sports Team Names and Mascots - Ward Churchill

Battle Rages Over a 5-Letter Four-Letter Word - Eric Schmitt

New Prosperity Brings New Conflict to Indian Country - Timothy Egan

Section VIII. Heterosexism

Biblical Verse: Is It a Reason or an Excuse? - Deb Price

Violence Toward Homosexuals - Karen Franklin and Gregory M. Herek

Is Homophobia Associated with Homosexual Arousal? - Henry E. Adams, Lester W. Wright, Jr., and Bethany A. Lohr

Transgender Identities: Like Stars in the Sky - Vanessa Baird

Suit Over Estate Claims a Widow Is Not a Woman - Jodi Wilgoren

Section IX. Making Connections

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life - Thich Nhat Hanh

Prejudice as a Generalized Attitude - Gordon W. Allport

Environmental Justice for All - Robert D. Bullard and Beverly H. Wright

Section X. Reducing Prejudice

Reducing the Expression of Racial Prejudice - Fletcher A. Blanchard, Teri Lilly, and Leigh Ann Vaughn

Long-Range Experimental Modification of Values, Attitudes, and Behavior - Milton Rokeach

The Role of Empathy in Improving Intergroup Relations - Walter G. Stephan and Krystina Finlay

The Challenge of Aversive Racism: Combating Pro-White Bias - Samuel L. Gaertner, John F. Dovidio, Brenda S. Banker, Mary C. Rust, Jason A. Nier, Gary R. Mottola, and Christine M. Ward

Martin Luther King Explains Nonviolent Resistance - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Appendix: Animals as an Outgroup

Is There Such a Thing as Prejudice Toward Animals? - Scott Plous

Gaps in the Mind - Richard Dawkins

Unheard Voices: Institutionalized Prejudice Toward Animals in the U.S. Meat Industry - Gail A. Eisnitz

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