Tomorrow is Sunday, a school day, it's E-thon! Carmen is going to school with me tomorrow, haha, watch out, watermama, I am going to yell for you tomorrow morning! ;P My watermama aka grandma aka Carmen the Car Car is a pro! Nobody can competes with her as she really is the best, in my heart :D I am glad to know her and I thank God for giving me an awesome and crazy friend :) Well, I am slacking lately, after our mid term, until now, I am still not ready for school. Haih. Sad. I am rotting away. Someone, please help me, save me from rotting, trials are so near, and I am not ready. How can I? Haih. This is so depressing, really :(
Discrimination lives within everyone
What is the meaning of discrimination? Well, discrimination is the prejudical treatment of an individual based on his or her membership - or perceived membership - in a certain group or category. It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual's actual behavior towards the group or the group leader, restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to a group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or entities based on logical or irrational decisionmaking.Around us, there are many different kind of people. Unfortunately for some people, they are being discriminated for some reason. For being fat, for being short, for being too thin or maybe for being dark. Why does this discrimination occurs? Discrimination occurs for many reasons. Some people discriminate simply because that is how they were raised. Others do it because they have a problem accepting anyone who isn't like themselves. But mostly, they all do it simply because they are ignorant. Besides, it also occurs because people want to think they are important, so they want to think others are less important.
Well, according to the University of Guelph, there are many forms of discrimination. One of it is the direct discrimination. It occurs where an individual or organization treats another person unequally or differently based on one or more grounds. Another form of discrimination is the adverse discrimination. Adverse effects discrimination arises where seemingly neutral rules, which apply to everyone, have an adverse effect on individuals or groups because of their membership in a group identified by one of the grounds. Coming up next is the systemic discrimination. It occurs when policies, practices, procedures and attitudes which are viewed as neutral, and the usual way of doing things, result in discrimination. Next is discrimination by association. This occurs when an individual is discriminated against because of his or her association with someone who is or who is perceived to be a member of a protected group.
What should we do when we are being discriminated? We must not pretend that it isn’t happening. Discrimination is unlikely to stop if you ignore it. In fact, harassing behaviour may escalate when harassers feel that they can get away with it. Next, we should seek for advice. We can talk to people with supervisory authority who will listen carefully and offer support. Lastly, we must take action, confront them immediately and directly, firmly tell those people to stop as their acts make you feel uncomfortable.
In retrospect, anyone who abuses another person’s rights, such as discrimination in the workplace is effectively curtailing that person’s freedom. Everyone has the right to live their lives without fear of being discriminated against by others. It is only by standing up to discriminators that Britain will eventually become an equal and free society.
If you are being discriminated, stand up and enforce your rights! :)
