"Confrontation as a Tool to Reduce Prejudice" (Indy)

Submitted by John Clower on April 29, 2008 - 7:48am.
05/13/2008 - 6:30pm
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From the Center for Inquiry of Indiana May calendar of events:

Café Inquiry—Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 pm. Prof. Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Department of Psychology, IUPUI, will be leading the discussion: “Get Up, Stand Up: Confrontation as a Tool to Reduce Prejudice and Empower Victims”
An emerging body of research suggests that confrontation—“verbally or nonverbally expressing one’s dissatisfaction with prejudicial and discriminatory treatment to the person who is responsible for the remark or behavior” (Shelton et al., 2006, p. 67)—can effectively reduce prejudice and empower victims. Yet people rarely say or do as much as they (think they) would like, despite being angered and offended by prejudice. Findings to date beg the question: Why are people reluctant to confront prejudice? My colleagues and I recently proposed a model—the Confronting Prejudiced Responses (CPR) Model—to describe the steps involved in the decision to confront prejudice and identify barriers to confrontation at each step. I will present the model and invite discussion about this viable grassroots solution to a significant social problem.

The center is located on the canal walk betwen New York St. and Michigan St., downtown Indianapolis. All are welcome to attend events at the center.
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/indy