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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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An inspired classic used by Malcom X and Dr. King!,
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This review is from: The Nature of Prejudice: 25th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
If you have truely studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X then you have probably seen pictures of this book next to them on their desks. Don't think for one minute that you understand prejudice without reading this book first. It explains why prejudice occurs and how it is part of our basic makeup. Mr. Allport also explains how to change these perceptions that generate the discrimination. For any Civil Rights Advocate this is a must read. It puts you inside the mind of those who practice bigotry and discrimination. If you cannot understand them then how can you defeat them.
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a forgotten classic that spurred the civil rights movement,
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This review is from: The Nature of Prejudice (Hardcover)
When I page through this book I'm astounded that it was written in 1954. This is truly a ground-breaking work in both psychology and sociology. 537 pages, well indexed, with references. Some of the many topics covered include:
attitudes and beliefs acting out prejudice the separation of human groups personal values as categories sex as an in-group social distance verbal rejection riots and lynching the essential role of rumor the neurosis of extreme conformity social regulation of aggression cultural devices to ensure loyalty scapegoats for special occasions the demagogue as a person - and so on- it's a chilling but necessary read, and there is great satisfaction in owning the first edition of such and important work.
18 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Informative,
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This review is from: The Nature of Prejudice: 25th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)
Allport's The Nature of Prejudice is written in a very comprehensive manner that allows you to reflect upon your own experience in prejudices both internal and external. This book is a classic and sheds light on inter-cultural and intra-cultural understanding in the years to come.
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