...prefer apples to oranges and, thereby, discriminate against orange growers when apples are selected: Discrimination and prejudice are not usually said...looking at a glamorous Hollywood actress rather than some other woman; yet they are said to occur when he prefers living next to whites rather than next...

...services, but extends the category of preferences to include sexual and racial prejudices. Thus he writes: "Discrimination and prejudice are not usually said...'discrimination' requires making subtle and rather secondary distinctions" (1957, 5). Becker's individualist approach takes racist prejudice against African Americans...

...everyone's life. It is an inescapable part of forming preferences and tastes. As Gary Becker observes: Discrimination and prejudice are not usually said...prefers living next to whites rather than next to Negroes.7 Everyone reaches his or her own conclusions about other people. And, in general, people associate...

...therehy, discriminate against orange growers when apples are selected: Discrimination and prejudice arc not usually said to occur when someone prefers looking at a glamorous Hollywood actress rather than some other woman; yet they are said to occur when he prefers living next to whites rather than next...

...everyone's life. It is an inescapable part of forming preferences and tastes. As Gary Becker observes: Discrimination and prejudice are not usually said to occur when someone prefers looking at z glamorous Hollywood actress rather than at some other woman; yet they are said to occur when he prefers...