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or racially alike while rejecting anything that is culturally different; in other words that the in-group is the be-all and end-all and is superior to other groups (?gretir & ?scelik,
2008). Stereotyping, in the meantime, focuses on certain beliefs about characteristics of certain group members (mainly negative beliefs), while prejudice involves negative feelings toward other groups (or "out" groups that
are not part of the "in" group) (?gretir & ?scelik, 2008). Discrimination takes this one step further, involving behavior that promotes disadvantages to members in groups deemed unacceptable (?gretir &
?scelik, 2008). Racism is defined as an attitude, views or attitudes attributed to a particular race (again, the attitude or views are typically negative).
Given these definitions, we can see a great deal of overlap - stereotypes and racism go hand-in-hand, for example. Chief Wahoo, the logo used for the Cleveland Indians professional
baseball team, is considered highly stereotypical; it shows a grinning cartoon figure of an American Indian, which might give the impression that all American Indians are grinning idiots. This, in
turn, can lead to racism (the assumption that, based on Chief Wahoo and the stereotype there, that American Indians are grinning idiots). This, in turn, can lead to a negative
viewpoint of American Indians (prejudice) and the desire not to provide the same advantages (such as equal jobs or equal pay) to this particular ethnic group. Finally, the relationship between
White and American Indians, stretching back to the 17th century, has ethnocentricity written all over it. The White settlers believed that, because the American Indians couldnt read or write, didnt
believe in God and had weird rituals, that they were somehow inferior to the Whites. This belief that the White were better led to treating the American Indians poorly in
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