Use principles of social psychology to make a plan of action on specific objectives that must be met if we are to engage in constructive intergroup harmony and achieve racial healing . Social categorization allows us to simplify our world into easy dichotomies such as us versus them. A paradox exists when an ethnic group tries to fit into main stream society by adapting their values, costumes, and norms, while at the same time trying to maintain and celebrate their ethnic heritage. Use evidence from our books in providing a resolution. Our guest lecturer, Dr. Cecilio Orozco made a similar reference to culture, which he defined as a common social experience for a group of people.
Emotion is hot, cognition is cold, yet both operate in intergroup relations.
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