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Out Group Homogeneity Analysis

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This week happened to be more than what I expected. From the beginning, I was looking up to this time of the course because I have a lot of answered questions in my mind about racism, stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination. The first thing that overwhelmed me, though it is a reality, is what the author called “out-group homogeneity effect”. The fact that stereotyping is so easy as we convince ourselves that people who are not part of our in-group have nothing in common with us, and that they are all the same; while we (in our in-group) are unique and individual. This explains what Professor Robert Jensen meant by the white supremacy and how they believe to be special, intelligent, and they are the ones who made this great country. Also, this explains what Peggy McIntosh meant about unearned male advantage and conferred dominance. Moreover, stereotype can be explained by the “illusory correlation principle”, which is the tendency of associating a negative action of one member of the out-group to the group as a whole. I hate to admit that this is the …show more content…

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