Key Word Definition Example

Stereotype When someone gives a group of people one characteristic All Jews are lazy

Prejudice Having a negative opinion of someone based on a stereotype I hate all Jews because they are lazy

Discrimination Negative actions towards someone based on a prejudiced view
Persecution The persistent causing of distress to someone, damage of their
property or themselves. It usually happens over a period of
time and often involves physical or mental stress.
Scapegoat This is when a person or group is blamed for something that
has gone wrong but which they have not caused
I hate Jews because they are lazy and I am not going
to employ them
The treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany.
The Jews being blamed for the economic depression in
Germany

Political Ideology A set of political beliefs Hitler’s Mein Kampf and his views on how Germany
should be run
Religious Differences between religions can cause prejudice and Hitler said that the Jews were responsible for the
persecution death of Christ and stopped them worshipping on the
differences
Sabbath
Systematic How discrimination builds up from stereotyping to genocide The gradual process in Germany of how the Jews were
persecuted over time and how it builds up.
discrimination
Intolerance The inability to put up with people different from yourself Hitler’s hatred for Jews, Communists, Gypsies and
Homosexuals
Genocide Mass murder of one group of people The Holocaust

Role of the media How newspapers, the internet, television and radio presents Hitler’s use of propaganda in how he presented the
myths and facts surrounding issues like Asylum and Jews.
Immigration
Institutionalised Racism that is part of how an institution like a government is The Nuremburg Decrees; Stephen Lawrence
run.
Racism
Individual Action What individuals can do to prevent prejudice and persecution Speak up at football matches, tell people not to be
racist, help prevent bullying.
National Action What governments can do to prevent prejudice Pass laws like the race discrimination act, the sex
discrimination act and disability discrimination act.