Discrimination Prejudice A Sociological Approach
The sociological approach to explaining prejudice and discrimination is explained in terms of societal and structured costs and rewards. ... These situations and conditions lead to discrimination which then leads to prejudice. ... Marxism is a prime example of the sociological approach and how power plays its role: the majority idea is the idea of the majority class. ... The result: the act of owning slaves (the discrimination) and then the thought that they are inferior (the prejudice). One must remember that this theory is based purely on monetary values: a hate crime cannot be explained by the sociological approach but rather by the psychological processes involved. Our first example of slavery, however, can be explained by this sociological approach: the payout and economic advantages of slavery progressed the agreement that it was morally right; people are motivated by expected costs.