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Coping Strategies with Discrimination

Coping Strategies with Discrimination. What is discrimination ?. Discrimination is the unequal or inferior treatment of persons on the grounds of certain characteristics like age, sex or ethnicity (Wikipedia, 2013) . Ladder of Prejudice.

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Coping Strategies with Discrimination

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  1. CopingStrategieswithDiscrimination

  2. What is discrimination? • Discrimination is the unequal or inferior treatment of persons on the grounds of certain characteristics like age, sex or ethnicity(Wikipedia, 2013).

  3. Ladder of Prejudice

  4. Antilocution: Thismeans a majoritygroupfreelymakejokesabout a minoritygroup. Speech is in terms of negativestereotypesandnegativeimages. It is commonlyseen as harmlessbythemojority. Antilocution it self may not be harmful , but it setsthestageformore severe outlets of prejudice. • Avoidance: People in a minoritygroupareactivelyavoidedbymembers of themajoritygroup. No directharmmay be intended, but harm is done throughisolation. People in theminoritygroupalsofeel safer avoidingtheplacesthatthemajoritymay be found.

  5. Discrimination: Minoritygroup is deniedopportunitiesandservices, soputtingprejudiceintoaction. Behaviourshavethespecificgoal of harmingtheminoritygroupbypreventingthemfromachievinggoals, gettingeducationorjobs, etc. Themajoritygroup is activelytryingtoharmtheminority. • Attack: Themajoritygroupvandaliseminoritygroupsthings, theyburnpropertyandcarryoutviolentattacks on individualsorgroups. Physicalharm is done tomembers of theminoritygroup. • Annihilate: Themajoritygroupseeksextermination of theminoritygroup . They attempt to eliminate the entire group of people(Allport, 1954).

  6. How can I copewithdiscrimination?Strategies (general)(IP, 2011)

  7. Avoidance • What is avoidance?In psychology, avoidance coping, or escape coping, is a maladaptive coping mechanism characterized by the effort to avoid dealing with a stressor(Wikipedia,2013).

  8. Forinstance, if a personstopsgoingout in restaurantsbecause of a fear of not beinglet in, theeffect is thesame as with an actualsystematicchain of discrimination: theperson has effectivelybeenexcludedfromtheenjoyment of theseservicesjob. • So, exclusion from society as one of the chief aims of discrimination has been achieved(IP, 2011).

  9. Denial of Discrimination • Denial, in ordinary English usage, is asserting that a statement or allegation is not true.The same word, and also abnegation, is used for a psychological defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence(Wikipedia, 2013).

  10. How can I CopewithDiscrimination?(Detailed)(Berjot &Gillet, 2011)

  11. Producedby Sinan Eğrikavuk Student at Department of Psychology at Maltepe University

  12. Bibliography Allport, G. (1954). TheNature of Prejudice. Retrieved 4th of July 2013, from http://karnach.co.uk/resources/Ladder%2Bof%2BPrejudice.pdf Berjot, S. & Gıllet, N. (2011). Stress and Coping with Discrimination and Stigmatization. Retrieved 4th of July 2013, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110961/ Government of the Netherlands (2013). What is discrimination? Retrieved 4th of July 2013, from http://www.government.nl/issues/discrimination/what-is-discrimination Wikipedia. (2013). AvoidanceCoping. Retrieved 4th of July 2013, fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidance_coping Wikipedia. (2013). Denial. Retrieved 4th of July 2013, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial

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