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Concepts that are sometimes associated with repression, but which are conceptually different, are also discussed in this paper: The act of suppression, ‘repressed memories,’ habitual suppression, concealment, type C coping pattern, type D personality, denial, alexithymia and blunting.
- Distinctions Between People
- Grounds of Discrimination
- Arbitrary Distinctions
A sound concept of discrimination requires that the discriminator distinguishes between people. This requirement implies, as Blood (1955: 114) put it, that discrimination manifests in “overt behavior.” This attribute sets discrimination apart from prejudice, which is but a psychological disposition towards particular people. Prejudice may exist eve...
Discrimination does not arise simply because a person distinguishes between two or more (groups of) people. The distinction must relate to at least two people who belong to at least two different social groups. Even so, treating differently members of two different social groups does not give enough ground for concluding that the treatment discrimi...
Discrimination does not necessarily arise from distinctions between people on specified bases; discrimination may also ensue from distinctions drawn between people on no basis at all, for no valid reason. Indeed, there is a sense in which discrimination refers to arbitrary distinctions. Courts find discrimination in cases where the state fails to l...
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It is based on the “beliefs, feelings, fantasies, and motivations of prejudice” (p. 185), but these mental or social concepts are not in themselves discrimination. Discrimination involves behavior.
Oppression and repression are two distinct but interconnected concepts that relate to the exercise of power and control over individuals or groups. Oppression refers to the systematic and unjust exercise of authority, often involving the denial of basic rights, discrimination, and marginalization.
Prejudice and discrimination often are root causes of human conflict, which explains how strangers come to hate one another to the extreme of causing others harm. Prejudice and discrimination affect everyone. In this section we will examine the definitions of prejudice and discrimination, examples of these concepts, and causes of these biases.
Jul 25, 2007 · Concepts that are sometimes associated with repression, but which are conceptually different, are also discussed in this paper: The act of suppression, ‘repressed memories,’ habitual suppression, concealment, type C coping pattern, type D personality, denial, alexithymia and blunting.
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To be able to measure the existence and extent of racial discrimination of a particular kind in a particular social or economic domain, it is necessary to have a theory (or concept or model) of how such discrimination might occur and what its effects might be.
