Social prejudice

Those are the preconceived ideas about a person belonging to a particular social class. Similarly, the belief that a class or social strata is superior to another is a social prejudice called clasismo or class bias. 

  • linguistic judgements: It is a belief based on the language (idioma) or linguistic variation used by a person. A linguistic bias, then, is to believe that because someone doesn't speak the same way that we are doing wrong, they have some pronunciation or learning problem. It is also the belief that there are languages better than others, or easier to speak than others.
  • Disability-based prejudice: It is beliefs about persons with disabilities, which are usually expressed in rejection attitudes, under the assumption that they are inferior to a person without disabilities.
  • Gender bias: They are the biases that exist with respect to a particular gender. Such prejudices attribute qualities, attitudes, roles and expectations to a person solely on the basis of his or her gender, without considering other variables, thereby limiting his or her scope and potential.
  • Prejudices based on ethnic origin or nationality: These are beliefs rooted in the notion that a person is "superior" or "inferior" because they belong to a certain culture or nationality. When these prejudices are negative, they give rise to racism and xenophobia.
  • Religious prejudice: It's the ideas we have about someone because of their religious beliefs. In other words, the negative qualities conferred on believers of a religion or religion are transferred to a particular person only because they share the same belief. This kind of prejudice results in different forms of discrimination, such as Islamophobia or anti-Semitism.

Prejudices based on sexual orientation: It's the qualities that are attributed to someone because of their sexual orientation. These bias is generally negative and directed towards the LGBTI community, generating forms of discrimination such as homophobia, and limiting their access to fundamental rights such as the right to work, education or health.

This could be mistaken as stereotype is a simplification of the characteristics of a group of people, based on widespread beliefs. Stereotypes are usually created from a few qualities (positive or negative) that a collective has in common, from which similar relationships are established with all individuals belonging to that group. Stereotypes are collective consensus, as they are representations shared by a large number of people (family, community, society). In addition, they have a cognitive component, as this consensus is taken from justified and rationalized perceptions. 

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