Discrimination Whereas prejudice is an attitude. discrimination involves actiON or practices of dominant-group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful impact on members of a subordinate group (Feagin and Feagin. 2008). Prejudiced attitudes do not always lead to discriminatory behavior. As shown in ~ Figure 10.1.the sociologist Robert Merton (1949) identified four combinations of attitudes and responses. Unprejudiced nondiscriminators are not personally…