Prejudice and Discrimination: Crash Course Psychology #39

In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tackles some difficult topics dealing with prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.
There's a lot here, so let's get started.


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Chapters:
Introduction: Amadou Diallo 00:00
Implicit Bias 1:11
Prejudice, Stereotyping, & Discrimination 2:03
Dual-Process Theory 3:59
Implicit Association Test (IAT) 4:25
Discrimination Studies 6:04
Just-World Phenomenon 7:07
In-Group/Out-Group Phenomenon 7:29
Review & Credits 8:52
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[chochoproductions]

Thank you CrashCourse for finally allowing me to understand ch.14 of my $100 dollar textbook.

[blunteddful]

That intro broke my heart in pieces. I'm glad I'm studying psychology for real, and I really like the social aspect of this discipline/science. Thank you CrashCourse/Scishow.

[slopcrusher]

My grade 8 teacher opened my eyes to all the discrimination in the world right now, since it was his last year before he retired, he dident give a shit what our parents thought.

[divinationdestiny]

I was discriminated against in the early 2000's at a public pool. Being a little girl I didn't really understand what was going on when she told me that my people were on the other side. The older lady told me that I needed I needed to go to my side of the pool. Later on I realized that she was using discrimination because of the color of my skin. Great video

[jansdoe]

"The world is a freak show and if you live in the United States you have front row seats." George Carlin

[haleygrisham]

It breaks my heart that this video was extremely relevant 5 years ago when it was made and is STILL relevant. Active discrimination and prejudice against certain individuals with “unconventional” backgrounds is still a problem that runs rampant in our society. It’s time to educate and inform our current generations on what needs to change.

[nadiarodrigues]

“Do not Judge Me!” Something that I have heard a lot of especially in this time period. People will always judge and have pre-misconceptions about who you are and what you stand for. I liked the statement made that the roots of prejudice, racism, and sexism is one of the most uncomfortable things to explore and yet the hardest to understand. How true is that? It is always something society tip toes around while it shapes our society. If people had a better understanding of others cultures, traditions, or “norms” than some people may have an easier time to be open minded and understand things that are different and easily discriminated towards. The nature of people is to want to justify the reason they think or believe certain things. Although we live in a world where prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination is easily taught, I hope that in the future we can educate ourselves into being less negative implicit bias.

[glitchxero]

To all of you there at Crash Course (as well as Sci Show, ) I just want to thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos. They're such an amazing resource; not just for people in school, but for anyone thirsty for knowledge. From Hank and the folks at Thought Bubble, to all the behind the scenes people I never see, you're doing an amazing thing and it is very much appreciated.

[godeketime]

These comments are amazing. There is a lot of insecurity on display here as people frantically defend their in-groups, often displaying the worst behavior of the in-group while disavowing that exact behavior they are participating in. Much irony, little self awareness and probably several publications worth of sociological data here.

[anunair]

I have my social psychology exam tomorrow and Hank is a total lifesaver.

[schmlif]

Everyone: talking about school

Me: realizing I’m a fricken nerd because I’m watching this for fun

[gzvogif]

Just like how Americans always judge the Middle Eastern area, there are a lot of judgements about Americans here too. When I first moved there, I imagined they would be these uncaring people. I thought that Americans were all hateful & dislikes all Muslims. I was so wrong bc people were busy and didn't care about such things. Yes, there were few people here and there, but the majority were not how everyone in the Middle East think they are.
Also, there are many negative people on the internet, and I don't understand where they come from honestly since I've lived in more than one country & I've never seen anyone hating on anything as much as I did on the internet. Maybe it's bc it's easier to express hate when the person is anonymous, but sadly, many of my friends who never went to the USA think that people are racist, and xenophobic just bc of these hate comments on the internet. I guess we all do judge each other, the problem is that some people think the other group is not judging them, but they're doing the judging bc they're better or has a higher level than the other person.

[Sensansenkai]

Hank, I can't tell you how much this series has helped me get through my Intro to Psychology class. I can honestly say that I retain more information from these videos than I do from the 30+ page chapters I read for the class every week. So thanks!

[SethWatersVlogs]

Positive Stereotypes can be harmful as well. Positive stereotypes are attributing something held to be good to a person or people. For example, in our culture, having a larger penis is good. I'm sure all of you have heard and most of you thought that black biosex males have large penises.

But this can be extremely shameful for a black male whose penis would not fall into that "large category". Same thing with saying black people can sing well, Asian people are good at math, Eastern Europeans are strong, Kenyans are fast.

Imagine how awful it must be to have everything think you're good at something and then not be: the sighs, let-downs, pauses. People have explored this, such as MadTV's Average Asian sketches, as well as lots of stuff on Key&Peele. 

Positive Stereotypes are just as harmful as negative ones, just in less obvious ways.

[suppa_novaa]

This video made me realize that often times a lot of our issues are definitely fueled by in-group out-group situations and circumstances.

[julianneosborne]

That moment when you look at the grad school syllabus and realize your professor just assigned a Crash Course Video to watch :) This makes me so happy!

[qjack]

All the things he mentioned in this video are so prevalent in the things that are going on today. So many people are fighting for their own in-group at the expense of taking down others. Rather than being hostile, we should educate on the subject by watching videos like this one that makes it easier for us to understand. By doing this, we can make this whole world a better place.

[maryruiz]

CrashCourse has honestly helped me understand neuropsychology and philosophy and Ace my classes. It has helped me feel less overwhelmed about returning back to school after taking off 6 years. I love these informative videos so much!

[SirAmicVarze]

The reference to #GamerGate was a master stroke. CrashCourse didn't give their own view on the situation but when reading through the comments on this video you can see the different interpretations where the mere mention of the phrase applies to the prejudices that different groups hold, whether for or against it. Brilliant!

[James-epbx]

One problem with the IAT is it starts with the stereotypical pairings thus could be inadvertently priming the test taker