AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 2
Revise: Minority RightsPrejudice concerns attitudes; discrimination concerns unfair treatment. Both affected many migrants’ everyday lives.
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GCSE History · key term
A prejudgement about a person or group, rather than a judgement based on their individual actions or qualities.
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Paper 2
Revise: Minority RightsPrejudice concerns attitudes; discrimination concerns unfair treatment. Both affected many migrants’ everyday lives.
Paper 3
A prejudgement about people based on the group they belong to rather than their individual qualities.
Paper 1
A judgement about a person or group made in advance, often based on stereotypes rather than individual evidence.
Revise: Intolerance and the Fight for Civil RightsPrejudice means judging people through assumptions about their group. Discrimination means acting on such attitudes by treating people unequally. For example, believing that an immigrant was dangerous because of their nationality was prejudice; denying them an opportunity on that basis was discrimination.
Paper 1
A judgement about people made in advance, often based on hostile assumptions about the group they belong to.
Revise: Irish migrationGovernment responses to Irish poverty affected the pressure to leave, while religious and social prejudice shaped experiences after arrival.
Distinguish prejudice (an attitude) from discrimination (unequal treatment). Explain how beliefs led to laws, exclusion or violence.
For Sacco and Vanzetti, explain the evidence of prejudice and doubts about the trial. Do not present their innocence as an established fact.
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