Prejudice
Discussion: Prejudice (around 200 words)
People often use jokes to test the boundaries of what is considered
offensive. Under the guise of humor, the joke teller can attempt to
minimize any offense taken by defending the humor as “just a joke.”
Clearly, an attempt to belittle or demean others as a form of humor is
distasteful. And in every culture, one can encounter humor that, to be
understood, relies on prejudice—whether that prejudice be about race,
sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, or nationality. What others might
find funny, some find tasteless and indefensible. Simply because an
offensive statement is clothed as a joke does not make the joke funny
nor does it mean that the joke teller cannot be confronted by someone
who finds the comment offensive or inappropriate. Even so, confronting
someone about an inappropriate joke can present a social risk; the
person being called out is likely to feel defensive and retaliate
against whomever exposed them.
For this Discussion, you will draw on your own experience and social
psychology theory to examine responses to prejudiced comments.
To Prepare
Review the Learning Resources for this week and think about how social
psychology theory and research explains the responses that people have
when they hear prejudiced comments.
Recall a time when you have been present when someone made a racist comment or “joke,” and no one confronted the joke teller.
By Day 4
Post a time when you have been present when someone made a prejudiced
“joke” or comment, and no one confronted the joke teller. Were you
offended by the joke? How can a decision to stay mute be explained by
social psychology theory?
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., Akert, R. M., & Sommers, S. R. (Eds.).
(2019). Social psychology (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
• Chapter 13, “Prejudice: Causes, Consequences, and Cures”
Daalmans, S., Kleemans, M., & Sadza, A. (2017). Gender
representation on gender-targeted television channels: A comparison of
female- and male-targeted tv channels in the Netherlands. Sex Roles,
77(5–6), 366–378. doi:10.1007/s11199-016-0727-6
Jang, I. J., & Cordero-Pedrosa, C. (2016). To laugh or not to laugh
at racist jokes. Peace Review, 28(4),
474–481.doi:10.1080/10402659.2016.1237116
Larsen, G. (2017). It’s a man’s world: Music groupies and the othering
of women in the world of rock. Organization, 24(3), 397–417.
doi:10.1177/1350508416689095
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