Purdue University Global Forms of Discrimination and Prejudice Questions

ALL WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL. NO PLAIGIARISM. USE RELIABLE RESOURCES.

QUESTION 1

Read textbox 9.4 that is on page 364-365 in this week’s reading by Kite and Whitley (2016). In 200 words Construct an initial post that discusses:

• the type of prejudice and discrimination that Lawrence Graham experienced in 1955? Also include your position on whether or not this type of discrimination still occurs?
• React to the reading “Man’s eye-opening story about taking ‘a black walk’ in a white neighborhood goes viral ” and add your opinion as to whether David Summers experienced prejudice and discrimination. Be sure to defend your answer. ?

QUESTION 2

Take surveys from:

Intolerant Schema Measure

1. An electronic version of the ISM scale is available to you on D2L. Please download and compete the measure.

The links to the women leaders and race IAT surveys are below:

1.?????Bias Against Women Leaders:?https://www.aauw.org/resources/article/women-leaders-test-your-implicit-bias/

1. Click ‘Take the Survey/Test’ and then ‘Continue’

2.?????Racial Bias:?http://www.tolerance.org/activity/test-yourself-hidden-bias

1. Read the professional development material on that web page

1. Then click on ‘Test Yourself for Hidden Bias’

1. Then click on ‘PROJECT IMPLICIT SOCIAL ATTITUDES’

1. Then read the preliminary information and click ‘I wish to proceed’

1. Choose the Race IAT

1. Provide a very brief summary of your results.
2. Do you think your ISM scores reflect your attitudes toward the various groups represented?
3. Do you believe your results were accurate in testing your implicit biases? Why or why not?
4. What was your reaction when you learned of your results?
5. If we assume that the results are accurate, how might these perceptions influence how you interact with people in the workplace?
6. Regardless of the IAT results, do you think that you have hidden gender (focus on gender for Bias Against Women Leader’s write-up) or racial (focus on race for the Racial Bias write-up) biases? What is your evidence?