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​ You’re at the mall with a group of friends, and your best friend Jen is trying on a new shirt. She asks everyone how it looks, and your friends all sing their praises. Personally, you think the shirt is drab and ugly, but you don’t want to be the only voice of discontent, so when Jen looks at you, you give her an encouraging thumbs up. You’ve just fallen prey to conformity, the changing of behavior to fit in with a group. Don’t worry; you’re not the first. We humans are soc

From the day we first learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in elementary school, words like "discrimination" and "prejudice" frequently get thrown around left and right. They're important concepts, but people tend to use them interchangeably when discussing social issues that come up in life. And we get it, they all sound pretty similar. Do people intentionally jumble them up together? Probably not. But let's try to clear up the confusion. It a