A very cliquish high school has groups referred to locally as preppies, keeners, greasers, immigrants, and warriors. Each group has very negative and stereotypical notions of all the others. Which of the following terms best describes these negative beliefs?
A)racism
B)bigotry
C) discrimination
D) prejudice

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Prejudice refers to negative beliefs or attitudes towards a group of people based on preconceived notions or stereotypes. While racism, bigotry, and discrimination can all be forms of prejudice, none of them adequately describes the specific situation described in the prompt. The groups in the high school may come from different racial or ethnic backgrounds, but the prompt does not indicate that this is the basis of their negative beliefs about one another. Similarly, while discrimination involves treating individuals unfairly based on their membership in a particular group, the prompt does not give any examples of specific actions taken against any of the groups. The term bigotry refers to intolerance or prejudice towards individuals with differing beliefs, but this doesn't fully capture the negative attitudes between the high school groups.

A Very Cliquish High School Has Groups Referred to Locally