♥ Havoc@ Interpersonal Home-Learning Task(:
Monday, March 1, 2010 -{'9:06 PM
Conduct an interview with a friend (not from HCI) or family member. Find out from their point of view on prejudice and discrimination.
Either record the interview or write out the interview transcript.
Haha so for this interview, I really wanted to interview my hci friends at first as I feel that since they have learnt about prejudice and discrimination through mockingbird, they will most probably have a deeper understanding and should be able to give an even detailed explanation on what is prejudice and discrimination.
However, Since friends not from HCI are all in school now, then I'm left with interviewing my parents. As my mum speaks mostly in chinese, it will be hard for me to interview her in English and then translate her answers from Chinese to English, therefore I think my dad will be a much better choice(:
Ok, to start off, I began asking my dad the definition of prejudice and discrimination.
Q: Dad, what do you think is the definition of prejudice and your opinion on it?
A: The key distinction in the definition of Prejudice is in its reference to pre-judgment. For example, deciding on a person’s qualities, characteristics and their race, before knowing the facts. In general, prejudice refers to “any unreasonable attitude that is unusually resistant to rational influence.” and it is synonymous to ''bias'' and ''prepossess''.
Q: Dad, now may I ask you what do you think of discrimination?
A: Discrimination simply refers to the recognition of differences among people and making choices based upon those qualities, whether a not they are perceived or real.
Afterthat, I start to focus on discrimination and the different types of discriminations.
Q: Then, how do you feel of the term "racial discrimination"?
A: Hmm.. I feel that Racial Discrimination means any exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, or national origin which has the purpose of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.
Q: Can you give examples of Racial Discrimination?
A: For example, based on this definition of Racial Discrimination, racial profiling by police would be considered racial discrimination.
Lastly, I ended the interview with examples of prejudice(:
Q: Can you give a few examples of prejudice in our daily life?
A: Prejudice can take many forms. Some are natural, such as a parent being prejudicial when it involves their child. A parent's natural instinct is to unconditionally accept what their child is saying without "looking at both sides" of a situation. Some are taught, such as prejudice against people who are of a different nationality, color, or religion. This is not just one-sided, for example, white against black. I've known many black people who were prejudiced but didn't think they were as well as white people who thought the same.
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