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We received feedback sheets on our presentation from our classmates and we're going to summarize them. Most people agreed that they enjoyed our NGO video, saying that the quality made it seem really professional. "Their explanation was so clear and specific! And the questionnaire was very interesting as well." commented one person. Overall we received really good feedback but didn't get constructive criticism. We would have liked to know what we could've improved to make our presentation better for future projects. However, we  were glad due to the support and the compliments. Lastly, we would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to all the people who took the time to follow us on this journey. We didn't imagine that people from all the world would take part in this and contribute to our research. We learnt so many things about discrimination and made us more passionate. We hope that someday we can make a world where we live without putting labels on ea

Hello there again! We were assigned to do a presentation on a NGO that we had come up with relating to our topic. We pretended to be recruiting new members, so our presentation had to be as interesting as possible. Below are the details of our own NGO: "NO LABELS NGO" We're going to start off by presenting our group's mission. Our goal is to get more and more people to understand that anyone can be discriminated against. You can be discriminated by your color, your gender, your religion, your political beliefs, your age and so on. Our mission here is to spread awareness. Regardless of the color of our skin, hair or clothes, we are the same on the inside. There's one thing we all have in common: We are all human. We all have flesh and bones. We all bleed red. Our NGO has a Facebook page where you can see different stories about people. You can read and see actual videos for yourself. What we want to achieve is to get you to feel the closeness of discriminat

We would like to start off this post by thanking all the people who participated in our survey. We only got 5 responses so far, however, the diversity of nationalities was impressing and helped us a lot to understand how people from all over the world look at discrimination. Firstly, all the people agreed that the meaning of discrimination is to treat people of another race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, etc. differently, and usually unfairly. We were surprised to find out that no one responded "I don't know", since the youngest respondent was actually 13 years old. It was good to know that young people are aware of the situation. No one has discriminated against anyone and most didn't experience discrimination themselves except for one person who was a foreigner living in Japan. The respondent said that he was searching for an apartment and was not allowed to even look at some properties because he was not Japanese. That proved to us that maybe

Wow, how fast the time goes by. There're only four questions left and these are my answers: Should gay couples be allowed to adopt children? The society worries about gays as parents, but gay parents worry about the impact of society on their children. The prejudices from society can harm these adopted children only because it's still a rarity. However, if gays and lesbians were able to adopt more frequently, and without discrimination, society would be more open about gays as parents. So yes, everyone should be allowed to adopt children no matter what their sexuality is. Allowing homosexual couples to adopt everywhere will have the rights to be parents given back to them, something that should have never been taken away in the first place. Are you born racist or not? Absolutely not. Racism is a learnt behavior. We teach children fear and they mimic our reaction to the fear causing agent. You see a group of black people, so you hold onto your bag a little tighter, and y

Racial differences in school discipline are widely known, and black students across the United States are more than three times likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled, according to Stanford researchers. A study proves that the stereotype of black students as "troublemakers" lead teachers to want to discipline black students more harshly than white students after two infractions. They are more likely to see the misbehavior as part of a pattern, and to imagine themselves suspending that student in the future. "We see that stereotypes not only can be used to allow people to interpret a specific behavior in isolation, but also stereotypes can heighten our sensitivity to behavioral patterns across time. This pattern sensitivity is especially relevant in the schooling context," said Stanford psychology Professor Jennifer Eberhardt in an interview. Now I have a question for you. Is this considered white privilege? What do you think? Reference

Currently there are an estimated  700,000   transgender   individuals in the U.S., according to a 2011 report by the Williams Institute School of Law at UCLA, and there are likely to be many more who go unreported. California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia also have laws specifically designed to   protect transgender citizens  from harassment or discrimination, although these protections vary greatly by state.  That still means that in the majority of states, transgender students and adults have no such protections. Much of the court battles so far have centered around the issue of public accomodations policy. According to the Transgender Law Center, "any place that provides goods and services to the general public is considered a public accommodation... Transgender and gender nonconforming people often experience discrimination in their communities

As you can see from the graphics above (I couldn't find one based on race related), discrimination has apparently decreased throughout the years. If you look at the time when we had Martin Luther King Jr. and those of his time, then yes, it has decreased greatly. However, if you're asking about now compared to 20 years ago, I think it's starting to increase in many ways, but also staying the same in other ways. Things are getting better in some ways, such as more people are accepting interracial and homosexual couples, but only because of those things increasing and it being more common. But even then, there are many who haven't accepted the change or what is "common" to see. References:  Who is driving increasing acceptance of gays and lesbians? (2010, August 2). Retrieved July 21, 2017, from https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/08/02/who-is-driving-increasing-acceptance-of-gays-and-lesbians/ Women in the American workforce . (n.d.). Retrieved Jul

This were the major findings about this question: There are dramatic race differences in crime rates. Asians have the lowest rates, followed by whites, and then Hispanics. Blacks have notably high crime rates. This pattern holds true for virtually all crime categories and for virtually all age groups. In 2013, a black was six times more likely than a non-black to commit murder, and 12 times more likely to murder someone of another race than to be murdered by someone of another race. In 2013, of the approximately 660,000 crimes of interracial violence that involved blacks and whites, blacks were the perpetrators 85 percent of the time. This meant a black person was 27 times more likely to attack a white person than vice versa. A Hispanic was eight times more likely to attack a white person than vice versa. In 2014 in New York City, a black was 31 times more likely than a white to be arrested for murder, and a Hispanic was 12.4 times more likely. For the crime of “shooting” — defin

While there has been an increase in black college-going, most of this rise has been in lower-quality institutions, at least in terms of alumni earnings, illustrates Jonathan Rothwell . Black students make up just four percent of undergraduate enrollees in the top decile of the nation'n four-year colleges, ranked by mid-career alumni earning figures. By contrast, 26 percent of students in the bottom rank of colleges are black: These facts demonstrate what any number of Americans could tell you: there are significant racial disparities in terms of education access and quality in the US. References:  Black students at Top colleges: Exceptions, not the rule. (2015, February 3). Retrieved July 21, 2017, from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2015/02/03/black-students-at-top-colleges-exceptions-not-the-rule/ Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education . (1998, March 1). Retrieved July 21, 2017, from https://www.brookings.edu/articles/unequal-opportunity-race-and-ed

        • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; • the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same establishment from sex-based wage discrimination; • the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), which protects individuals who are 40 years of age or older; • Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (ADA), which prohibit employment discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in the private sector, and in state and local governments; • Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities who work in the federal government; • Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), which prohibits employment discrimination based

With new skills and abilities being born thanks to technology, there're more and more adults being discriminated at their workplace. According to a study lead by author Justine Irving, as a result of discrimination, older workers face limited employment, training and promotion opportunities. "Older adults in our study described a subtle pressure from their colleagues and management to stop working in order to make room for the younger generation. This was regardless of their experience, enduring capabilities or working preferences," she said. Even though we might have the image of young people being underrated or not taken seriously due to lack of experience in life, older people still win this round. References:  Staff as young as 45 facing age discrimination. (2017, April 25). Retrieved July 20, 2017, from http://www.hcamag.com/hr-news/staff-as-young-as-45-facing-age-discrimination-study-235700.aspx Melissa

There is an ongoing debate about whether it is appropriate or not for white people to wear dreadlocks. The argument stems from the history of white people appropriating different aspects of other cultures as well as stereotyping cultures. In the twenty-first century, is it okay for all aspects of different cultures to be equally shared, or in this case, for white people to have dreadlocks? Dreadlocks can be traced far back in history. Ancient Egyptians and Indians wore them. Today, dreadlocks are identified with Rastafarians and Jamaicans, such as Bob Marley, who identified himself as a Rastafarian. Dreads hold a special meaning spiritually and are symbolic of some people’s’ culture and religion. Due to the significance of dreadlocks, the history behind them , and the meaning that they hold, it is possible for white people wearing dreadlocks to seem insulting and trying to appropriate the Rastafari religion and other people’s cultures. Even if the white person who is wearing them

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Word clouds (also known as text clouds or tag clouds) work in a simple way: the more a specific word appears in a source of textual data (such as a speech, blog post, or database), the bigger and bolder it appears in the word cloud. The following two word clouds were created from the European Commission about raising awareness on discrimination: European Commission . (n.d.). Retrieved July 12, 2017, from http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/awareness/index_en.htm You'll notice that the word "diversity" is as big as "discrimination" and "anti-discrimination". This is because the concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. The remaining two w

A Jew and a Mexican are having coffee. The Jew asks the Mexican “Do you have any Jews in Mexico?” Oh, yes señor, we have many Jews in Mexico. We have tomato Jews, papaya Jews, horchata jews and sandia Jews. Many Jews, yes. Did you find this offensive or did it make you laugh? Humor is one of the ways people deal with issues. In Mexico there's a joke that goes: "What do Mexicans do when there's a big tragedy?" "Tell great jokes about it" The joke at the top is a great example of dark humor. According to the Urban Dictionary, Dark humor (or black comedy) is a humor that is viewed as dark, morbid, cruel, offensive to some, and or graphic in nature and is yet, still found funny. T hough offensive to many, is a huge psychological boon for those who, generally because of a heightened sensitivity or overly sophisticated intelligence, need to let off steam about the painful circumstances of life.   However, what happens if the joke is somehow a little

We're conducting research on the different opinions about discrimination. We'd love to hear from you about what you think about this topic. This will helps us gain more knowledge about different perspectives. This survey should only take a few minutes, and your responses are completely anonymous. We will post the results by the end of this month. We really appreciate you input! Melissa:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7QWLDTX Rieko:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7T2FSBG

With everything that has been going on with ISIS and terrorists attacks (I'll use this as an ex. since it's relevant today), let me change the question a little bit: Is it racist to criticize Islam? No, of course not. It is your right to criticize what you want as long as you try to be open minded. Islam is not a race, it is a religion and people follow it. Racist isn't the right term in this case. I'll just get my view of some differences in this answer. If you say, "I don't like this or that in Islam and I never will. I don't support it. I think that is this or that and it is wrong because this or that" you are not bigoted. However, there are common misconceptions among people that: a) All Muslims are Arabs (they aren't). b) All Arabs are Muslims (they aren't as well). You can criticize Islam in the same way you criticize Christianity, Judaism or Hinduism. It doesn't matter. Nobody can forbid you to do so. It is freedom of

What does this even mean? We are different, but at the same time, we are... the same? Of course you don't know what I mean. So I will explain myself better. Let's say you see two little girls and one little boy. The first girl is Dutch; blond and small, the other girl is African American and a little taller, and the remaining boy is Asian and even taller than the other two. They don't have so many things in common, right? Well, what I want to say is that they indeed have something in common, and this can be applied even when their gender is then same. Despite the differences, one important thing we all have in common is that we are human . We might also have lots of other things or qualities in common with each other such as liking the same kind of music or enjoying similar types of food, but the one thing we'll always share with a stranger is that we are human beings. We all have flesh and bones. We all bleed red. Regardless of the color of our skin, hair, or

We are going to link each good and bad websites that we found relevant to discrimination. Good Website:  Tackling Discrimination. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/help/index_en.htm This website from the European Commission clearly stated its goal; to raise awareness on any kind of injustice. Fundamental Rights, EU citizenship and free movement, Civil Justice, Contract Law, Criminal Justice, Data Protection, Gender Equality, Tackling Discrimination, Relations with third countries and finally Effective Justice. It explains to you your rights, and also types of discrimination are listed to show that anyone can be discriminated against. Here is a list of what was good about this website: * The goal was clear. * Well organized and information easy to find. * Change of language available. * In order to fight against discrimination, the site introduces organizations that offers financial support. * It offers you help if you fell like you are discrimi