Category: Discrimination

Science fiction utilize textual forms and features to speculate possible futures and critique modern day values. The futuristic aspect of this genre allows readers to view current societal issues such as discrimination and social conditioning through different perspectives. Andrew Niccols Gattaca (1997) and Aliette De Bodards Immersion (2012) explore the unreasonable discrimination against those who…

This dissertation entitled Comparative study of racial discrimination in the novels: The Help by Kathryn Stockett and Beloved by Toni Morrison is an attempt to compare and analyze the relationship between Blacks and Whites in the chosen novels using the theory of internalized racism by Karen D Pyke. This tries to focus on how black…

Oscar Wilde once stated, Disobedience in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is mans original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and rebellion. The battle between what is right and wrong is a crusade that has been embarked upon since the birth of time. From a young…

The effects of racial, sexual or religious discrimination have a major impact on society because of the change in the way of life. From the beginning, today’s discrimination of life has brought different destiny to people all over the world. Most countries such as America, Africa, and Brazil still face racism, and even after apartheid,…

A stereotype is a perception that an individual within a certain social setting shares common characteristics. In other words, it is a belief about a person that is based on the perception of the cultural values of the society they come from. Indeed, the concept of stereotype in which people are judged primarily on the…

America is often known as the land of opportunity, a place where you can be free. Many abundant number immigrants women traveled from all over the world to the United States in aspiration to seek job opportunities or to have a better life and better lives than the ones they left behind. Coming to the…

In todays society, transgender people are more highly discriminated than any other group in the LGBTQ+ community. Throughout the past couple of decades, the term gender identity has come to the forefront and people are becoming more aware of the meaning behind. Acceptance of someone who identifies as the opposite sex from which they are…

What is misogyny? Misogyny is defined by Cambridge dictionary as feelings of hating women, or belief that men are much better than women. Prejudice against women of any age is also considered to be misogynistic. Common places misogyny is present is in the workplace, school, home/family life, and in many social settings, whether we realise…

Good morning, Dr. Birkenstock, Mrs. Z, and fellow students. A minority group can be determined by the physical appearance and cultural practices that are different from those of a dominant group. Very often, unequal treatment is given upon the minority groups. Currently, discrimination against Muslim has grabbed peoples attention, because a record number of Muslim…

In late 2018, the UK government agreed to a fully funded review with a wider scope of considering the recognization of misogyny as a hate crime following the withdrawal of an amendment to the up-skirting bill put forward by Labour MP Stella Creasy. This would in turn enable police to record a wide array of…