Stereotype and Social Prejudices between Local Communities with the Ex Ambon Refugee Communities in Realizing Social Integration in the City of Baubau

This study aimed to is to explain the forms of social stereotypes and prejudices between local communities and ex Ambon refugee communities and the extent to which such stereotypes and prejudices affect the process of social integration that has occurred in the city of Baubau. A qualitative method with a phenomenological approach is used to analyze information obtained from informants. The results showed that the stereotype that developed between the two communities was manifested in the form of individual stereotypes and social stereotypes. While the prejudice that occur between the two communities are divided into four type, namely 1) not prejudice and non discrimination, 2) not prejudice but discriminatory, 3) prejudice but not discriminatory, and 4) prejudice and discriminatory. The stereotypes and prejudices that exist between these two communities in the short time are relatively not an obstacle to the social processes that have formed but in the long run can be a trigger for social disintegration in these two communities.