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Stereotyping And Prejudice
STEREOTYPING, DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE IN KNUST

TABLE CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE 2
CONTENTS 3-4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 5
DEDICATION 6
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 7-15 1.0 Background of the study
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2.5 Examine the sources of stereotype, discriminate and prejudice in the society. 2.6 Recognize the role of stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice in tribal conflicts. 2.7 Discover strategies for dealing with stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice related situations. 2.8 Conceptual framework
CHAPTER 3: DATA ANALYSIS 30-56
CHAPTER 4: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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Racial stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination reflect the human tendencies to conceptualize and value certain configurations of phenotypic features differently, and act on these thoughts and feelings in our interactions with members of racial categories. In both overt and subtle forms, stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination exhibited among individuals belonging to different racial categories has long been a significant source of social strife in American society and abroad. In general, individuals with physical features associated with Whites (lighter skin color, lighter and straighter hair, rounder eyes, narrower nose, thinner lips) are advantaged compared to individuals with features associated with other racial categories. (Maddox,

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