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PrejudicePrejudices attitudes...are irrational, unjust, or intolerant dispositions towards others. They are often accompanied by stereotyping. This is the attribution of supposed characteristics of the whole group to all its individual members. It seems most useful to us to define prejudice as failure of rationality or failure of justice or a failure of human-heartedness in an individual’s attitude toward member of an ethnic group. An emotional, rigid attitude (a predisposition to respond to a certain stimulus in a certain way) toward a group of people. Thinking ill of others without sufficient warrant. An unsubstantiated pre-judgment of an individual or group, favorable or unfavorable in character, tending to action in a consonant direction. A pattern of hostility in interpersonal relations which is directed against an entire group, or against its individual members; it fulfills a specific irrational function for its bearer. Hostility or aggression toward individuals on the basis of their group membership. Prejudice is now commonly viewed as having two components: hostility and misinformation. An unfavorable attitude toward an object which tends to be highly stereotyped, emotionally charged, and not easily changed by contrary information.
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