The distinction is simple: prejudice is a thought or attitude; discrimination is the expression of that thought or attitude. However, prejudice does NOT automatically lead to discrimination. There is no one-to-one relationship. Prejudice can exist without discrimination, and discrimination can occur without prejudice. The two are related, but not in a strong causal relationship. Also, the institutions of society can discriminate (institutional discrimination) even though the agency is not staffed by people with prejudices.
ETHICAL CULTURE. ETHICAL CULTURE, a movement dedicated to the ethical improvement of society and the ethical growth of the individual, was inaugurated with the founding of the New York Society for Ethical Culture in May 1876 by Felix Adler and a group of his Jewish supporters.
the interactive process through which individuals learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of the society. the subculture that emerges when a group rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns. a system of beliefs or ideas that justifies some social, moral, religious, politiical, or economic interests held by a social group or by society.