Influencia de los prejuicios en la interacción de los grupos sociales del Barrio 18 de Octubre del cantón Machala

Abstract

This essay addresses the analysis of two variables included in the research question: prejudices and the influence of social interaction especially in those groups that are in a situation of vulnerability of the population settled in the October 18 neighborhood of the Machala canton; Therefore, the following objective has been proposed to describe the influence of prejudices in the interaction of social groups. In this research process The methodology that was applied was based on a qualitative approach which has a bibliographic review with the respective critical analysis of scientific articles and the respective theoretical basis, in addition to the application of interviews to a sample of the universe of people who They are being affected by prejudice and discrimination in this sector. Taking into account that prejudices are mostly badly unfounded arguments that categorize a person or a group of people negatively by different issues, whether cultural, religious, living conditions, sex, etc. the result of that can infer social conflicts as discrimination. The role of the Social Worker with the community is decisive for the resolution of conflicts, with a preventive approach, its role will be that of an investigator to determine the causes of the problem, educator and trainer to create awareness of inclusion and tolerance, of mediator to solve the internal conflicts of the community and manager to influence the empowerment of community members.