Characteristics of Orientalism‚ Prejudice‚ and Discrimination Week 5 CheckPoint Many people confuse Arab and Muslims. Arabs are an ethnic group and Muslims are a religious group. Muslims are believers of the Islam faith. Most Arabs are not Muslims and most Muslims are not Arabs. Muslims cannot be identified by their nationality alone. Being an Arab does not mean that you are a follower of the Islam religion. An Arab is generally from the countries that are now the Arab world. This area
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Prejudice‚ stereotyping and discrimination have become somewhat of a social norm in our current society. Without thinking many of us‚ if not all‚ subject people into categories and make judgments upon them at first glance. By doing so we believe we gain a better‚ more accurate understanding of the world. Whilst all three (stereotyping‚ prejudice and discrimination) are all interconnected‚ they each have their own definition. Prejudice involves an unjustified or incorrect attitude towards an individual
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major role in this movie‚ seen as a negative aspect in the children’s attitudes and mentalities. Racism is defined as negative behaviour on an incorrect assumption that one race is inherently superior to others. This is one of the many forms of discrimination which is defined as unfair actions directed against people based on their race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ nationality‚ language‚ faith‚ or sexual orientation. Throughout the movie‚ there are many examples of racism. Basically‚ the students going to that
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CheckPoint: Characteristics of Orientalism‚ Prejudice‚ and Discrimination Week 5 Day 4 Arab is a nationality or ethnicity. This means anyone born in an Arab county is Arabic‚ regardless of their religion. Arabs originate in the Middle East – countries such as Saudi Arabia‚ Kuwait‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Iraq‚ Libya‚ Syria‚ Jordan‚ Palestine‚ Sudan‚ Qatar‚ Algeria‚ Oman‚ Egypt‚ Lebanon‚ Yemen‚ etc. Muslim is a religion‚ not an ethnicity. Muslim people accept Islam as their religion. Therefore
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Characteristics of Orientalism‚ Prejudice‚ and Discrimination The difference between Muslims and Arabs according to the Schaefer text is; often being confused that they are the same Muslims are a type of religious group where as Arabs are a type of ethnic group. In the beginning of the text it describes and says that “Most Arab Americans are not Muslim and most Muslim Americans are not of Arab background. Within each group is a significant diversity that can be seen by differences in forms of
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aspects. From my experiences and perspective they are strongly connected. As a child‚ I saw myself first as a Rwandan because I shared language‚ culture‚ and even religion with my neighbors. In Rwanda‚ everybody speaks the same language called Kinyarwanda. The majority of Rwandans‚ where I lived in central Rwanda‚ were Christians. We all liked and ate the same kinds of food. At least 95 percent of my village was farmers. I would never know the difference between Hutu and Tutsi if I did not learn it from
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My first interviewee was Jessica‚ a single‚ white‚ attractive‚ 42 year-old woman with no kids. When asked if she ever experienced any discrimination in her working environment‚ I wasn’t too surprise to discover that have has been receiving more favoritism that discrimination due to the fact that she is an attractive woman. Jessica explained to me that major of her co-workers are men that are in their early thirty’s and also unmarried. Such favoritism included occasional lunches provided by a co-worker
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information and changes in knowledge about the Orient as well as policy decisions founded in Orientalist thinking. It is the expression in words and actions of Latent Orientalism. I am not really sure how orientalism contributes to hate crimes but with prejudice it is because people are ignorant and do not want to learn about something new. People want to be in their own little bubble and not look at what the world has given them. The world has actually given people all over the
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in Equality and Diversity Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity Session 4: Prejudice and discrimination What does it mean? In a diverse society where each individual may have lots of different characteristics and qualities‚ there are many opportunities for people to label and stereotype others. When this happens‚ it can create an environment where prejudice and discrimination may be found. A prejudice is an unfair or unreasonable preconceived view or judgement that is formed without
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Many people have the misconception that being prejudice only refers to the color of skin however that is not the case. There are many ways in which a person can be prejudice. Being prejudice deals with holding a certain attitude toward a person from a certain group. It is a learned behavior and though not always‚ it can lead to discrimination. There are two dimensions of prejudice including the affective dimension and the cognitive dimension. The affective dimension is broken down into two theories
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