Prejudice is a universal ill. All of us have some kind of prejudice. As we learn about other cultures and people who are different from us, we learn to judge them relative to the norms of our own cultural group. The key is to be aware of the prejudices, to work at reducing their impact in our lives, and to keep our prejudices out of our job performance. The scenes must give a good variety of situations for discussion.
Ethnocentrism provides a source of egotistic satisfaction, through comparing others with oneself.
Stereotype and Categorical Treatment afford a convenient grouping for people of whom one is ignorant. Lumping such people together under a popular stereotyped description saves time and thought and affords a convenient grouping. Scapegoat provides a convenient group or person to blame when things go wrong in one's personal life or in the community. Projection provides an outlet for projecting one's tensions and frustrations onto other people. Authoritarian personality symbolizes one's affiliation with a more dominant group.