Prejudice is a negative or hostile attitude toward a person or group formed without just or sufficient knowledge and based on negative stereotype. Racism is prejudice and discrimination based on the belief that race is the primary fact in determining human traits and abilities. Racism holds that genetic or inherited differences produce the inherent superiority or inferiority of one race to another. Institutional racism is racial prejudice supported by institutional power and authority used to the advantage of one race over others. Religious bigotry is prejudice or discrimination against one or all members of a particular religious group based on negative perceptions of their religious beliefs and practices or on negative group stereotypes.
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on gender.
Heterosexism is prejudice against people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transsexual. Scapegoating refers to the deliberate policy of blaming an individual or group when the fault actually lies elsewhere. It means blaming another group or individual for things they did not really do. Those that we scapegoat become objects of our aggression in work and deed. Prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory acts leads to scapegoating.