Challenging Prejudice

and
Building Tolerance

REPORTED BY: MUHAYMEN B. BORIONGAN

BSED (1-A)
 Challenging Prejudice and
Building Tolerance
 Prejudice as defined is the negative feeling or attitude towards a person or a group
even if it lacks basis in judging. This negative feeling or attitude had been
increasingly seen towards two different/ unusual people characteristics or culture
in terms of skin color and other physical attributes, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender
or socio-economic class.

 Hence, building tolerance and respect for diversity becomes an imperative in a

world where intolerance for differences has become a justification for violence.
 Challenging Prejudice and
Building Tolerance
 One of the problem in this world is how people think negatively and act to
something without any basis or appropriate information.

 This attitude inflicts uttering of negative opinions and doing negative acts towards
a person. Thus it start a conflict and worse violence to others.

 According To Gordon Allport, Humans have propensity toward prejudice because

of their generalization and categories they experience in this world.
 The Eight Various forms of prejudice

1. Racism - the belief that one’s own cultural or racial heritage is

innately superior to that of others, hence, the lack of respect or
appreciation for those who belong to a “different race”.

2. Sexism - a system of attitudes, actions and structures that subordinates

others on the basis of their sex where the usual victims are women.

3. Heterosexism - negative attitudes towards lesbian and gay men.

4. Classism - is the distancing of an individual looking poor people as
other and who don’t belong in the society degrading them and showing
the pyramid whereabouts the status quo of poor are in the bottom.
 The Eight Various forms of prejudice

5. Linguicism - negative attitudes which members of dominant language

groups hold against non-dominant language group.

6. Ageism - negative attitudes held against the young or the elderly.

7. Lookism - is the discrimination given to those who do not measure up to the
standards of beauties. The victims usually are those who are overweight, undersized
and dark-skinned.

8. Religious intolerance - prejudice against those who are followers of

religions other that one’s own.
 Education for Tolerance and Respect

 The differences had been made an excuse for the rise of prejudice in the society
and the building of tolerance made it possible for its elimination. Tolerance on the
other hand does not means tolerating what is excessive in the society but it’s about
respecting, accepting and appreciating the diversity of culture. By educating
tolerance in the field of education it influences the students or individuals to
develop the sense of acceptance and appreciate more the culture rather than giving
negative comments and/or insights about it.
 Why teach tolerance?

 Education is the most effective means of preventing intolerance. Intolerance has

given rise to violence, terrorism and discrimination within societies. A lack of
respect for differences, among other factors, has given rise to conflicts between
and among groups. Teaching for tolerance will aid in protecting human rights and
in saving lives.
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