NCFE LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATE IN EQUALITY & DIVERSITY Unit 1: Equality and diversity in society Learning Outcomes 1. Understand what equality is 1.1: Describe what is meant by ‘equality’ 1.2: Define the following terms: Stereotyping Prejudice Labelling Protected characteristics Equal opportunity Positive action Discrimination Discrimination by association 1.3: Describe examples of equal opportunity in society 1.4: Describe examples of inequality within society 2.…
Social class: a defined set by social stratification where people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories…
In Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley the role of race shows that segregation is not born within the subconscious of our minds. It is rather a concept that is bestowed upon our minds. This can be seen in the need to implement hypnopedia in order to create continuous judgment, the need to separate Savages from World State, and the need to physically and mentally lower a portion of the population so that the feeling of superiority manifests among its leaders.…
Another form of government control over the society in Brave New World, is the exploitation done by the capitalist. For instance, class division. Society in Brave New World is divided into five groups, in which they have to wear different colors for immediate identification. Those in the upper class are the Alphas who wear grey, and the Betas use mulberry. The lower classes are the Deltas who wear khaki, Gammas use green, and the class that does the dirty work are the Epsilons who wear black. All these classes were then separated and conditioned to value consumption and the ways of their social groups. As Ahmend stated “The aim of this self-perpetuating centralized economy is to maintain stability and peace by bolstering economic growth and full employment, and constantly demonizing self-reflexivity and activities based around isolation” (par 4). This will make a stable society that is able to work together without expecting nothing in return because they have no idea how every aspect of their lives is controlled by the…
Huxley also writes about the decrease in individuality that people are becoming less independent and that being different from everyone else is a good thing. The government uses hypnopaedia to condition all of the children in each caste. For example, “’Till at last the child’s mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child’s mind. And not the child’s mind only. The adults mind too – all his life long.” (Huxley 28) The people in each caste system are conditioned to like and dislike the same things as their peers. Due to this the people in the Brave New World society aren’t able to develop their own feelings about things as an individual. The government also makes the lower…
In the Brave New World by Aldous Huxley humans are artificially created, and their fates are predetermined by what caste they belong to. There are five different castes in the World State society Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. Alphas and Betas are at the top of society and the Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons are at the bottom of society. The caste system in the book reminds me of the current social classes in America; the upper class gets treated the best and the lower class does all the slave…
Genetic engineering is the most popular and most used form of reproduction. Ninety-six sets of twins are produced from a single egg. This utopia has effectively destroyed the idea of family and with it, the idea of being your own person. Every citizen is essentially a carbon copy of the next, right down to the personality traits. Then from birth on up, the pressure to remain that way is increased. Very few openly acknowledge the fact that they might be different due to the stigma that different is bad. It is believed that being different causes trouble and rises unnecessary conflict. In this conformist society, owning your identity is punishable. Bernard, the main protagonist in Brave New World, is threatened by being told that he will be sent to an island unless he can conform to the warped ways of this…
Where there are differences there is the possibility of discrimination, whereby people can be treated less favourably due to these differences, whether they are class division, gender, ability or race etc.…
The Hardness About Discrimination In this world there are people that don’t accept that there are others out there that look different from them. While others will hate the fact that someone different lives in the same world that they do. Some will try to bring others down that look different from them or can’t do certain things that they can, and because of who they are. Like Crooks, Curley’s wife and Candy learn this in the Book.…
When we do not have the right discrimination we lose the ability to choose wisely, which results in the consequences of karma that binds us to this world and samsara.…
Imagine a world where everyone is happy. Every person is biologically designed to love their job and be grateful for everything that life has provided for them. They are never jealous of what others have because they are blinded by their own happiness. This describes the world that Aldous Huxley has created in his novel Brave New World. Brave New World is about a futuristic society where everyone is not birthed but rather grown in a test tube within a scientific lab. Children are then raised and mentally trained in a community nursery with other children in their predetermined social class. Social class is important. Alphas are supposed to be the smartest and the strongest but this is where our main character, Bernard Marx, falls short, literally.…
The more common discrimination that occurs from the moment we are born is stereotyping – which is a popular belief about specific types of individuals, standardised and simplified conceptions about people on the…
In the example of Bob and Steve, it is apparent that Steve is admitted to the University because of his race. It is unfair to Bob who has worked just as hard to get into the college of his choice but has been rejected nonetheless. Whether it is the past or the present, the core concept is that someone is always being discriminated against. "Racial preferences send us the message that there is more power in our past suffering than our present achievements-none of which could bring us a preference over others" (Pg…
The novel Dublin 4 was written by Maeve Binchy in 1983. This consists of four short stories which all took place in a town called Dublin. The four short stories that Binchy wrote about are Dinner in Donnybrook, Flat in Ringsend, Decision in Belfield, and Murmurs in Montrose. Each story has different characters, plots, and imagery. Also they all have different themes and conflicts. At the end of each short story Maeve Binchy does not tell what the resolution to the conflict is. She also uses familiar experiences, common conflicts and characters in her writing. The novel Dublin 4 was written by Maeve Binchy in 1983. This consists of four short stories which all took place in a town called Dublin.…
The earliest Irish literature consisted of original lyric poetry and versions of ancient prose tales. The earliest poetry, composed in the 6th century, illustrates a vivid religious faith or describe the world of nature, and was sometimes written in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Unusually among European epic cycles, the Irish sagas (such as Táin Bó Cúailnge) were written in prose, with verse interpolations expressing heightened emotion. Although usually found in recensions of the later medieval period, these works are linguistically archaic, and thus throw light on pre-Christian Ireland.…