Prejudice and Discrimination. Prejudice is an unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually negative) towards an individual based solely on the individual's membership of a social group. For example, a person may hold prejudiced views towards a certain race or gender etc. (e.g. sexist).
Prejudice is a favorable or unfavorable attitude about a specific group of people.
Example: feeling dislike for all members of one race or gender is a prejudice against that particular race or gender. Like stereotypes, prejudice can occur as a result of unjustified beliefs or overgeneralizations. The difference between the two is that stereotypes represent a belief about a group, whereas prejudice is an attitude or feeling about a group.
The way that the 1862 Homestead Act helped pull immigrants to the United States is by providing immigrants with inexpensive farmland.
Many immigrants were drawn to the fact that they could own their own farmland, and not have to pay a lot for them. This is why a lot of these immigrants moved to the US.
