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These are the questions we'll be discussing on this site: 1. Despite the differences, are people basically the same? 2. Is criticizing a different culture the same as being racist? 3. If someone tells a racist joke and you laugh, does that also make you racist? 4. Is wearing dreads when you're not African American racist? 5. Who suffers more discrimination on the basis of age? Old people or young people? 6. What are the Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination? 7. Do African American and white students attend college of equal quality? 8. Why are prison populations dramatically inverse in proportion to the racial demographics of the U.S.? 9. Is the level of discrimination in the world rising or dropping? 10. Which bathroom should transgender students use? 11. Why are school suspensions and expulsions significantly disproportionate between white and black students? 12. Should gay couples be allowed to adopt children? 13. Are you born racist or not? ...

The following are two opinions of the use of the n-word. We want to show examples of the two sides that support and are against this controversial topic. We wrote this based on a actual video that was recorded last month at Ben Franklin High School. Reference:  Ben Franklin students confront racial slur by teacher. (2017, May 4). Retrieved from http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2017/05/franklin_racial_epithet.html Also take a look at the video below: Caucasian Teacher point of view:  I don't think that saying the n-word is a problem, even less it is racist. People say it's racist because everyone knows the context. Everyone knows the context from 150 years ago. Things have changed, slavery is over. The predominant use of the n-word is by black people who don't care at all anymore. They aren't saying "What up fellow slave?" they're saying "Hi person who is my race." It's a word that's been used so many times that it does...

In plain English, to "discriminate" means to distinguish, single out, or make a distinction. Even if you think you're not "discriminating", you are in fact doing it all the time. "I like blue rather than red, so I discriminate against the red paint for my office." "I interview two candidates and I prefer the experience of the one, so I discriminate against the candidate whose experience is not preferred" This type of discrimination is merely recognizing differences and is not bad in and of itself. However, when we discriminate due to race, religion, sexual preference, sex, etc, the situation changes completely. Here is our current thoughts about discrimination after having discussed with our classmates: We should never hate someone for their differences. We get nowhere in life doing so, and with expressing such hatred, we are hurting that individual more than we could possibly know. Discrimination is just plain evil. These things can hav...

Firstly, we'd like to introduce ourselves. This blog will be managed by two sophomore students in a Tokyo University. Melissa is a half/peruvian half/japanese student who has been deeply interested in topics concerning discrimination even before this assignment. Rieko is a college student from Japan and stayed in the U.K. for one year. While staying in England, she has experienced and felt racism.

Hello, this is a blog where we will focus on discussing about discrimination. We'll analyze today's society by presenting various perspectives and coming up with a reasonable conclusion.