Assignment task: Using Categorization
The U.S. society consists of a large number of sociopolitical categories (e.g., age, race, disability, parental status, class, education). We use these categories in an effort to understand and simplify a complex world.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Read Chapter 1 in the Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference course textbook to explore the ways that categorization of various populations in the United States may create stereotypes and bias.
In your initial discussion post, answer the following directives:
- Describe the process of categorization and the use of stereotypes.
- Identify the ways that salient and observable characteristics can be used for categorization.
- Define the consequences of categorization for the dominant and less dominant groups.
- Analyze ways that marginalization can lead to devaluation of a group or community.
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