Causes Of Prejudice Among Groups

1. Causes of prejudice Prejudices among groups occur when members of a particular group begin to belief or feel threatened by other groups of people. When people begin to feel or belief that their basic resources or means of survival is being taken away or threatened, then, they begin to prejudice or discriminate the members of other group. In other groups or community, a sense of insecurity develops when a new group of people move in to share their neighborhood. This includes fear of being raided or allowing thieves in the community (depending on preconceived biased opinions concerning the new group). People of high social status and the wealthy may not allow or be comfortable with the poor staying in their neighborhood- low cost houses are not built within the luxurious houses for the rich. in this case, the poor people are believed to pose a threat to privacy and security of the wealthy group. The group with lower social status may fail to associate much with rich believing that the rich are proud people thus avoiding close residential areas. Racism and ethnicity are very serious causes of prejudice. People are denied opportunities or they are mistreated due to their