27 abr 2012

Discrimination (by Macarena Diaz Burgos)

What is discrimination?
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual or group based on their membership -or perceived membership- in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviour towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group.
In most cases discrimination has to do with :
Age
Disability
Nationality or Origin
Race or Color
Religion 
How can we stop it?
We can stop discrimination by being more tolerant to others. Not by looking to the outside of a person but by looking inside, where he or she really counts as a person; not judging without knowing the person.

From my point of view, there is no need to feel better discriminating other persons. No one is better or worse; we are all equal. All people have feelings that can be easily hurt by words or actions. We should first place ourselves on the place of the other persons before laughing and making fun of them. Who knows what the others feel?

It is not worth discriminating , so do not discriminate! Look at yourself before criticizing others!

3 comentarios:

Anónimo dijo...

tendrian que concientizar a todos los alumnos en todos los niveles sobre este tema. Hay muchos que se sienten discriminados por obesidad o por estar en niveles diferentes de edcucaion. para pensarlo en la institucion.

Miki dijo...

I find this post particularly touching because I've experienced discrimination myself. There are two episodes that I'll never forget. The first one involved a guy who kept bothering me and insulting me in public for as long as 20 minutes! The second one was just as sad but even more humiliating. A man followed me about two blocks and he kept spitting on my back and hair. There was no one else and I was so scared that I didn't dare turn and do something. On top of that, I later realized he had stolen my wallet while we were both on the subway and this happened a few days after my mom had passed ... It was a really sad day!

agosdemarco dijo...

this post is very interesting, nowadays is much discrimination in adolecents, we have to stop with this, and look on each one and not in the other

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