Identify The Different Types Of Prejudice And Discrimination
Types of prejudice and discrimination include:
• Racism
• Sexism
• Religious prejudice
• Cultural prejudice
• Ageism
• Ethnic prejudice
• Socioeconomic status (social standing or class)
• Disabilities – physical and mental
• Sectarianism (e.g. in Northern Ireland)
• Careism (many children in Foster Care feel discriminated against)
A child can be discriminated against for any reason, whether it is because of their size, the fact that they wear glasses or the colour of their hair or skin, religious beliefs, cultural or ethnic tradition.
The problem is that prejudice and discrimination seriously limits children's development and growth and can also lead to some children being left out and being denied the opportunity to develop friendships and …show more content…
But these assumptions are still patronising and wrong, because they encourage us to see all people from a particular group as the same rather than to accept that there are lots of differences within any group.
Unfortunately, prejudiced attitudes can all too often be found among children, even at a very young age. Research has shown that children are capable of holding prejudices and negative attitudes towards others from the age of three.
Children and young people are most likely to discriminate against other children because of a prejudice approach they may hold, for instance: not playing or associating with traveller children because it is believed that they are dirty or smelly, or a child who is deaf or has a speech impediment, may be assumed to have learning difficulties or be stupid.
Children might be victim of- or participating in name-calling, children might act unfair or plain nasty to others or children can be victim of such behaviour. Children might exclude other children or children might be victim of exclusion.
It could be that a girl thinks she cannot play football because the boys told her it is not a girls’ game.
Discrimination and showing prejudice is a form of
• Racism
• Sexism
• Religious prejudice
• Cultural prejudice
• Ageism
• Ethnic prejudice
• Socioeconomic status (social standing or class)
• Disabilities – physical and mental
• Sectarianism (e.g. in Northern Ireland)
• Careism (many children in Foster Care feel discriminated against)
A child can be discriminated against for any reason, whether it is because of their size, the fact that they wear glasses or the colour of their hair or skin, religious beliefs, cultural or ethnic tradition.
The problem is that prejudice and discrimination seriously limits children's development and growth and can also lead to some children being left out and being denied the opportunity to develop friendships and …show more content…
But these assumptions are still patronising and wrong, because they encourage us to see all people from a particular group as the same rather than to accept that there are lots of differences within any group.
Unfortunately, prejudiced attitudes can all too often be found among children, even at a very young age. Research has shown that children are capable of holding prejudices and negative attitudes towards others from the age of three.
Children and young people are most likely to discriminate against other children because of a prejudice approach they may hold, for instance: not playing or associating with traveller children because it is believed that they are dirty or smelly, or a child who is deaf or has a speech impediment, may be assumed to have learning difficulties or be stupid.
Children might be victim of- or participating in name-calling, children might act unfair or plain nasty to others or children can be victim of such behaviour. Children might exclude other children or children might be victim of exclusion.
It could be that a girl thinks she cannot play football because the boys told her it is not a girls’ game.
Discrimination and showing prejudice is a form of