penly racist views. They would state that they were against school desegregation ,that they viewed minority groups as inferior in various ways ,and that they would consider moving away if persons belongingto these groups took up residence in their neighborhood(Ch.6Pp.215, Sears 1988). These days many people wouldn’t dareexpress these views because of the way social conditioninghas made it so that the person would be looked down upon byhis peers. “New “ racism opposed to the “old fashion’ kind isfar more subtle these days because of the enlightenment of ourtime, yet it still exists. Some examples of this modern racismare that of Tokenism and reverse discrimination. Tokenism isthe performance of trivial or small scale positive actions forpeople who are the target of prejudice (Ch.6 Pp.216) Theseare just ideological terms used today to explain socialdifferences.One of the oldest explanations for prejudice in our societyis that of the realistic conflict theory. According to this view,prejudice stems from competition among social groups overvalued commodities or opportunities. In short, prejudicedevelops out of the struggle over jobs, adequate housing ,good schools, and other desirable out comes (Ch.6Pp.219). As competition steadily increases social class label theiropposition as “Enemies” , viewing their own group as thesuperior power. The outcomes of these confrontations cansometimes lead to violent clashes. The end result beinglong-standing feuds or rivalries.From a dialectical standpoint such prejudices are notinnate in form yet taught at an early age. According to thesocial learning view , children aquire negative attitudes towardvarious social groups because they hear such views expressedby parents , friends, teachers, and others, and because theyare directly rewarded for adopting these views (Ch.6 Pp.222). Yet another theory on the existence of prejudice is one ofsimplicity,...
