Differences between prejudice-discrimination and oppression

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The struggle for social justice hinges on fairness to all, regardless of how different they may seem based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, ability, nationality, or age. In fact, our seeming diversity may be more a social construction than a biological fact. People are genetically 99.9 percent exactly the same, according to the Human Genome Project, a major scientific collaborative project to map the biological composition of human beings (Weiss, 2001). For example, through advanced sequencing of the human genome, there is scientific evidence that racial groups are not genetically discrete (Brown, 2009). In spite of scientific research, racism rooted in the belief that there are biological racial differences resulting in superiority and inferiority between races is socially constructed, and therefore a very real social problem (Smedley & Smedley, 2005). If we can use social construction to create "differences," then we can also use social construction to form a just society with civil rights protections for all people.

What are the differences between prejudice, discrimination, and oppression? How does one lead to the others?

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Segal, Elizabeth A. (2020). Empowerment Series: Social Welfare Policy and Social Programs. 4th Edition.

Series. Cengage Publishing

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