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Your question explicitly mentions the methodology that needs to be used to complete the act,

So a feild experiment with participant observation can be a great premise to work on.

Prejudice /Stereotype which leads to discrimination stems from what we see and we do not process the information rationally.

Usually the above is directed towards a group of people with peculiar traits: homeless, destitute, drug addicts, prostitutes,people from a particular community.

example:One would never expect the homeless to be honest when it comes to money. This is a prejudiced view , it saves us mental effort and we pigenhole the homeless to believe that they wouldnt maintain any honesty as they are in need of money.

So the setting can be

You can be a dressed an a homeless person. parked with your belongings on a side of a busy road. Unfazed by much happening around. You can keep a dollar in your hand and walk up to random pedestrians and tell them that they happened to drop their bill while walking past you.

2. In Oriental countries, even food choices are considered to be peculiar to a particular community. When you find a person defying your mental construct/ prejudice one displays disbelief and surprise.

Muslims in India are expected to consume non vegetarian diet. The ones who dont, face the element of the popularly held prejudice..

3. A person dressed well in a suit and one is rags runs out of a lonely alley at the same time leaving behind a confederate stabbed and bleeding. People will be prejudiced to catch hold of the one in rags .

4. In a crowded bus, we will instinctively assume that the one in dirty clothes will pick pocket than the one who is well dressed.

5. Even profession and gender create a strong opinion and attitude about them, A girl dressed like a punk star and one dressed in a nuns clothes. the one in the punk wear will face prejudice in case of an averse situation.

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