Prejudice - means to ‘pre-judge’ someone unfairly - having an attitude towards certain groups of people based on ignorance or fear. It is based on stereotyped thinking, and is often linked to religion, race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Stereotyping - an oversimplified image of a group of people
Discrimination - Putting prejudice into action – treating people differently on account of their religion, race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Positive Discrimination - treating people more favourably because they have been discriminated against in the past
Scapegoats - blaming certain groups for problems
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