PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

What Did Robert Merton Know, Anyway?

As we have discussed Policing and Special Populations, in a 1-2 page paper, using examples from policing, determine how prejudice and discrimination intersect with each other.

You are encouraged to seek examples from at least three (3) external sources.

Please include citations and references in APA format.

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Prejudice refers to the unjustified attitude, belief, feelings or thoughts which are usually negative that someone holds about an individual of a specific social group. Discrimination, on the other hand, refers to the actions of an individual or a group of individuals which are usually negative towards a group of people based on their sex, religion, gender, or race. (Whitley Jr, and Kite, 2016). Robert Merton believes prejudice and discrimination do not always go hand in hand in some instances. He classifies the relationship between prejudice and discrimination into active bigots, timid bigots, fair-weather bigots and all-weather bigots. An example of timid bigots are white hotel owners who do not like blacks but…