Student Handout

PYRAMID OF HATE

Genocide
The
deliberate,
systematic
extermination of
an entire people

Violence
Against Against
People Property
• Threats • Arson
• Assault • Desecration
• Terrorism (violating
the sanctity of
• Murder
a house of
worship or a
cemetery)

Discrimination
• Employment • Harassment
Discrimination (hostile acts based on
• Housing Discrimination a person’s race, religion,
nationality, sexual
• Educational orientation or gender)
Discrimination

Acts of Prejudice
• Name Calling • Social Avoidance • Telling Belittling
• Ridicule • Social Exclusion Jokes

Prejudiced Attitudes
• Accepting • Not Challenging • Scapegoating
Stereotypes Belittling Jokes (assigning blame to
people because of
their group identity)

© 2003 Anti-Defamation League and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

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