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NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Equality and
Diversity
Unit 1: Exploring Equality and Diversity
Assessment
You should use this file to complete your Assessment
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Name: Kris Witcomb

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If you broke it down
the word “diverse” means how people vary
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Diversity is everywhere it can start of in a small family an progress into a city
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How people are similar an
different,Qualities that make people unique,Benefits an purpose of diversity
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Age
 Sexual orientation
 Size/Height/weight
 Appearance an skin colour
 Religion
As well as possessing these obvious differences individuals have hidden differences
such as qualities that make them different
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Or taking into
account what people do on a daily basis an the interests that each an every one of
us have
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But often there are a set number of differences that
you can find in everybody
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There are benefits to living in a diverse world as people can contribute to society

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Through this often we gain a range of experiences an open up new
opportunities in life
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The purpose really is to gain more support an knowledge on different aspects
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Tolerance is a positive outcome that arises from it
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We should have
respect for people’s differences
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The
technical term for this is “shared Identities” It is easier to accept your similarities than
your differences you see in other people as a general life fact
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Finally you have to remember that people have different views an opinions and are
not going to agree on everything as they are their own person
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This is why there is often always debate in the daily life of a human being as they are
confronted with diversity
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Highlight some of the variations you may
observe in terms of:
 Interests
 Beliefs
 Ages
 Lifestyles
 Personal, social and cultural identities
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It can be quite rough in some areas of the town but every city
an town has a Rich an poor part
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The poorer community often have Interests in drugs an getting easy
money from the job centre an benefits
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You could say that these
people have a criminal instinct or interest to not make a living themselves but of
other people
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While the older generation an families tend to eat out rather than just
have a lot of drinks
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Teenagers tend to be at the busy clubs an well known pubs to
the community to socialise
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Examples could be that teenagers
would go to a place like Weather-spoons while the older generation would rather go
to a restaurant like Brewers – fayre
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There
is a big variation on the type of activity people decide to do in order to keep active
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The younger generation have a interest in clubs an local sport teams and they
tend to travel more out of the town an seek more adventure
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Adults may participate in
activities such as the gym as often middle aged men an women are seen here
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Young people feel they have the right to stay out an have fun with their mates the
views of the older generation are usually that they are unemployed
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Care is a
good enough belief in the community the young people generally don’t look after it
and can be selfish while the older generation have to pick up the pieces usually
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The belief on different types of women an men varies hugely in the partners
relationships they look for
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There are variations in lifestyle as the older generation are usually up early for work
and make the most of the day having days out
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There are a lot more families than single individuals or young people in the
community
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I found that every
family is having more an more children an the population of the community is rising
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Making taxes
higher an the population of the community employed lower
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Finally you get the people who work and hold down education
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These contribute to the differences in personal an social identities
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One in the town centre and two on the outskirts of town
which are more private
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As much of the early education throughout the town is also encouraged to
have some religion incorporated into children’s lifestyle
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Some schools are
against Christianity while some feel very strongly about it
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These can be identified as Asian
,Chinese and Indian style restaurants and food services with some bigger
businesses further into town
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For example
there may be only Chinese people employed to work at the Chinese fish an
chip shop
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Explain how the variations in question 2 contribute to the diversity of the
community
Living in a small town attracts a different variety of people than living in a city would
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It can attract a lot of families an dependant people
who want to be close to relatives
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House pricing an where people live are generally allocated in their own parts of town
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There will not be a mix of wealth as there is never rich an poor together
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There are differences in the help an support an care of
the community some people may damage the community by not spending their free
time as wisely as others
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The buildings attract all different types of people and are catered
for only a certain type of people
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Businesses want to attract as much buyers as possible so they look at all
types of people trying to cater for everyone
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This is because every single person will have had a different upbringing
an start of life which changes how they grow up as an ultimatum
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Each person will have experienced
different levels of this an makes the wants an needs of the individuals an community
very different an diverse
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This is linked to interests because often
people base their life around things they need an have an it changes them for the
good or worse
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Education an employment variations are also involved with lifestyle differences
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Requiring the community to build a number of shops to suit everyone
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Different food cultures can encourage people to have a bigger selection and
make them feel more at home
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The religion aspect allows people who have strong religious beliefs to
encourage their family values to be put into their children
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While others may just
offer standard education and not reinforce family values
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Give some examples to explain how diversity:
 Enhances your life
 Enhances the local community
 Enhances this country
This section focuses on the word enhance or enhances ,meaning to “make it better”
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So I wouldn’t be able to express myself an be my own person as I
would be forced to be something I am not
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It allows you not to be afraid of the world an go down a
different path an not someone else’s
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Each difference has their own advantages an disadvantages that you can
use for you
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The choice of car I choose

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The difference in clothes an accessories

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The different types an tastes of food

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Increasing the population of people in the community the styles
an beliefs people bring together
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Through this it hopes to bring a
wider variety of friendships an relationships an families
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Respect for a greater variety of people

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New products or services

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Diversity enhances this country for obvious reasons ,we encourage it as it provides
easier alternatives an replacements
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Allows people to emigrate and join as a country an has a wide range of
backgrounds an knowledge
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Some examples may be :

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Work rate differences

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Intelligence

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Experience

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Better competition
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Respecting peoples differences means to not openly judge people based on the fact
that they don’t share some similarities with you or anyone
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To treat people as an
equal an the ultimatum would be to learn from these differences
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We compare our own qualities to each other and find the
difference immediately
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War

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Sexism

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Bullying

As often the core of these happenings always starts because someone is different
and is not following the same style
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Just because the person is different in some aspects doesn’t mean that they are
entirely different so it is just as important to look at the similarities in people
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Name: TONY WITCOMB
Defining factors
Physical characteristics

Brief description

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Grey hair

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Male

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Aggressive

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Playful

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Tired

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Food
Arguments

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TV
Post

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Spending time with family Smoking

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Strong work ethic an hard worker

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Describe yourself in terms of:
 Personal interests
 Religion / culture
 Geography
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Because my family have always had cats ,I have a
love for them and plan to get one of my own in the future
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Also at the moment I have a interest in women and need a girl of my
own so I am interested in having a relationship and getting my working life in order
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An obvious interest is also the need to improve my education as I am doing this
course in particular to have another level 2 qualification
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I do not follow any religion but you could say that I was once a Christian as I did
used to attend church every Sunday in my earlier years
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My culture very much comes from a hard working background as I am from the
working class and have always been told that hard work gets you places
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I do smoke occasionally ,but then most of my family an relatives
have a culture of this and still do
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I have lived near the army in the
first part of my childhood which was in Hampshire down in Aldershot
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Through that I am where I am now in Wiltshire in the small town of
Chippenham
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Into more personal geography I have lived in two hostels before in Chippenham an
Trowbridge which allowed my to move around a bit on my own
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The final part is my time at
University which did not work out
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Which is by far the best place I have lived and I
have been to other parts as I have a few relatives down there
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I did a good
deal of exploring in my time here an have some good memories
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There is little opportunity in
my town an the transport links are not that advanced due to my location so a change
would be helpful
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What is meant by having multiple identities? Give three examples in relation to
people you know
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Other people may see you in a different light or describe you in a different
way
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This in simpler terms is a multiple identity how people are identified by people or how
they identify themselves
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First example of a friend is that she is a mother to her child and also a girlfriend to
her boyfriend
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My second friend is a student ,a son ,and also a learner driver
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My final friend is a soldier , son ,grandfather,and a kayak instructor
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What is meant by shared identity?
This can be quite similar to multiple identities as people will see a similarity
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As it is highly likely that with
multiple identities there is a bigger chance of something being the same or “shared”
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There is an importance of having a shared identity ,as it depends on the level of
importance for example having the same beliefs an views an influencing this with the
same interests which result in a shared identity
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People will have
different levels on how important they class the importance of that shared identity

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It is possible for most people to identify themselves as belonging to a number of
groups
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You must then spread
them out in terms of the differences an similarities an identify
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Some of these categories can be the relationship and how people describe
you
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More importantly there are other much far important techniques that can help such
as the key factors that make a person what they are
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Physical

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Emotions

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Thus eventually placing you with a resemblance
in a number of groups
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Describe yourself in terms of your multiple identities
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One of which is that I am a part time
student studying an equality an diversity course
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Family wise I am also a brother to my younger sister
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It should be
also included that I am also a cousin although I don’t see them often
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I am also a
male and an Adult as I am 21 years of age
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Usually based on their individual
qualities and characteristics
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The ones that stand out define the stereotype or label they are
put into
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There are a few main ones that typical people will see first as an
immediate reaction :

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GENDER

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SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Definition of stereotype : A stereotype is a fixed commonly held usually simplified
and over generalised idea about a class of people with a shared characteristic
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Stereotypes are not based on objective truth
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This is how labelling occurs the other part of
way people may be inaccurate sometimes to help simplify life
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This is why labelling is a much
stronger definition of a person than stereotyping
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In most cases it is linked to a negative opinion of others I think this is due to the
competitive environment we live in
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Explain why some people stereotype others
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It helps us get on with our life’s
better if we just group people together rather than singling out each individual one by
one and it is just a much easier an self-sufficient way
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We also do it for far more important reasons to help our self or run the country in a
more efficient way
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Certain stereotypes are far more
important than others to calculate analysis an gain results
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Views an beliefs are a strong reason why people are stereotyped as if the reason is
very strong an favourable then it can encourage a whole lot of other people to act in
the same way
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Often enemies are
criticised all the time and when people hate and dislike someone they may criticise
that being
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Positive stereotyping can still be damaging and is often misjudged because it is for
the good
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You may class a whole group of people in that group an define them as the same
when in fact some are very much different
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Involving them in
situation that they are not capable of or equip with
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Stopping you from doing or getting into various opportunities in your life
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And it feels right because feeling superior is a strong
motive
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And
finally leading people into danger or forcing people into something
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The word perpetuated means to preserve or to keep existence
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This is because it helps to keep people
productive and develop their talents in a whole range of groups
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Otherwise
you have a less productive society
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Some key examples are :

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They are some of the first views an beliefs we are taught in our early
lives and stick with us through adulthood
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Because we are the same blood an gene you often feel it is your right to copy or
have some sort of family value
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Often their experience and wise views are
looked upon with a great deal of respect
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Many times it is out to signal out types
of people or hurt them with advanced techniques that attract the public
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The media can continue to bombard us with the
same view over an over again until we get tired of the fact an just accept it
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At the end of
the day we enjoy stereotyping people in some aspects
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Through our
idols stereotyping is preserved through the changes in fame
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Define prejudice and discrimination
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Prejudice in general terms
means an unfair or unreasonable preconceived view or judgement that is formed
without being based on any specific grounds or sufficient knowledge
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An example would be that “all footballers are not
intelligent”
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They are not just intelligent in the game but what they do in their spare time or have
done in their past experience
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Most often than not in
a negative way
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They look at not the things that
make you whole but the characteristics on the sidelines
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This is discriminating that although
they don’t eat as much or appear not to people are drawn to the first thing that
comes to mind
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People may develop unreasonable or judgement from people based on incorrect
knowledge for a number of reasons
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Socialisation

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Spending time with people can influence your opinions an views on
certain things if they are a stronger person or can lead you into something
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And with
family you have trust in that belief that it is more favourable and honest
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Meaning that if a person hears them regularly they
will pick up on it and start to question the belief
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Non believers may have certain
setbacks and not be allowed to do as much or get as far as the bigger group
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And hold onto it
even if it is regarded as untrue or false
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Taking that belief away can damage the person on
change their way of life significantly or how they approach situations
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As often it encourages people to have prejudices
over people to help reinforce a point and get people in favour
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The origin comes from very negative experiences
often with strong cases
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Because there is some physical action or the person has
witnessed it they have more reason an evidence to agree with the prejudice
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Examples of how people may develop some prejudices may be footballers are rich
an lead an exciting lifestyle
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Leaving out the truth and vital parts that
people misconceive as some have to hold two or more jobs
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Describe the following types of discrimination
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That it focuses
on something that is already quite obvious
to people
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An example can be the disability or
learning difficulty of someone
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Instead of focusing on one factor it
looks at many
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Positive discrimination

This is seen as a good thing as it can bring
advantages to people in a particular group
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It is one of the most unfair types of
discrimination
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Discrimination arising out of disability

Its in the name ,people may discriminate
people because they are disadvantaged or
different due to their disability
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It can
be in the form of physical or mental illness
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It is required that there should be
support for these people
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The right care is needed
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Or sharing some
similarities
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Discrimination by association

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AGE

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GENDER REASSIGNMENT

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PREGNANCY AN MATERNITY

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RELIGION OR BELIEFS

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SEXUAL ORIENTATION
These characteristics that people most experience discrimination and where the
origin comes from
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Most people who have experienced it have had in from being
in one or more of these areas
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As people do suffer from them if one or more of these are
included then people may be breaking the law
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What is the difference between direct and indirect discrimination? Give two
examples to illustrate your point
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A person is treated more favourably than another
person meaning that they are shown more respect
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It is often down to a personal trait that someone has
which makes them more favourable to someone else
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You see they are at the same
level as everyone else as often anyone can be denied a flat
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Indirect Discrimination is very much the opposite , instead of favouring one individual
it is when everyone is favoured
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As they may not
belong to the circumstance or have a relevant meaning of being there
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A good example would be
applying a height restriction that will stop more women and children than men
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As a fact women are nearly always much smaller
than men as a general term
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You can be easily lead into doing this as
groups can be singled out without realising as there are strong factors that
discrimination can fall into
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There are many effects that can be woken by Discriminating and prejudice and how
they effect individuals or groups of people
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Death or suicide or even murder due to race ,nationality,disability,religion or sexual
orientation
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Denied the right to be in government or vote
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Physical attacking and verbal abuse (name calling)

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People losing out on opportunities ,education and work

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Denying the right to be in government and vote can stop people from being an active
part In the economy and have the same influence as others
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Some people don’t get that chance to help make an impact and
lose out because it isn’t developed for them
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Death or suicide can occur as people may feel uncomfortable with themselves after
undergoing so much abuse they feel they don’t fit in
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They
may even witness attempted attacks in life for murder because of a dislike that
somebody has against their difference or trait
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Verbal abuse is a much weaker attack but if you
are constantly having it on a daily basis it can become life changing
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As they are both two of the key lifelines that help people get on in life
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As
education and employment are very much the key to the door
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Constantly feeling turned and down on yourself is another cause ,people may make
you think and act differently about yourself
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But over time this can occur depending
on the level of people committing the negative views the bigger the group the harder
the challenge
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It can end up impacting something big as the whole community
and society
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If the government doesn’t step in or have laws to protect
people it can have a majority impact and be more concerning
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People
will become more territorial an more carnivorous with no laws involved and could be
how our future is looking
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If you look at the bigger picture then
generations of people could be at a disadvantage and continue to face the criticisms
of prejudice an discrimination
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Equal opportunities refers to giving people the same equal rights as everyone else
and letting everyone have the same help and care and support in life
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They have a major influence on the level of control
they have an impact on someone’s life
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Equal opportunities effectively
encourages fair treatment and supports that everyone gets the same help
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It means that more people have a chance to get some
knowledge in a particular area and pursue their own interests
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From Level 1 ,GCSE ,Level 3 ,University and higher education

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This helps everyone get something out of it and help educate the economy and
society
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All types of wealth and families should be able to
access education regardless of the cost
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This is an area that even I have had difficulty with as often the cost of courses or
higher education is ridiculously high and hard to pay back
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Education is all about developing mental skills and giving
us the knowledge to deal with life situations
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Without equal education not
everyone can work to their full potential and improve their overall life prospects
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And providing the same system for people to go
through giving everybody a chance
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Sometimes council housing is argued that it is unequal and unfair as
most people feel there is some discrimination going on or prejudice
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It also allows affordable housing for
people with different incomes and respecting peoples earnings
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Some examples can be
renting,mortgage ,buying out right
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It must respect both parties the home owner and the
buyer
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They must find an affordable price for the buyer and a reasonable
price for the seller to market so they can live of and become buyers themselves
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It varies for the different types of people some
examples may be :

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Couples

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Equal opportunities also means to take into account the number of
bedrooms a property has that is suitable for the buyer or person in question
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If equal opportunities are not in play
landlords and estate agents can have their old powers back
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The property people live in would be classified as non liveable and
not adjusted to suit them or their needs
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But there should be the same
level of space an freedom for each individual
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There should be this for everyone when in an emergency or a life
threatening event as a minimum
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Good practice in healthcare gives people the right treatment and care regardless of
their differences but the treatment when is needed
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Types of treatment and
illnesses should be treated in the same manor
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The understanding of patients should be treated as patients having
their own one on one doctor and confidential meetings to help their health issues
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Signalling out a group or not being equal with the level of
treatment may not contain a virus and could spread an lead to a major outbreak
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Depending on the
medical condition it may become contagious or something critical that can lead to
death
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Onto Employment that mainly regards selection processes and recruitment
procedures
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Legislation is
good practice as it protects all four of the main bullet points and employment
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There should also be a
number of jobs available to suit everyone and offer everyone some work
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As jobs are limited there isn’t enough jobs for
young people or for people with the right skills to match
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The contract of employment and training and promotion for employees should also
be equal
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The same procedures in the work place should be applied to
everyone and the same level of work given
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The consequences without equal opportunities would lead to less productive
environment and staff may feel unsettled an unable to perform to the best of their
abilities
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As I have
myself been the victim of this while at work
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Females not getting a promotion

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Sexist behaviour men paid more then women
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The Employer being in total control over staff

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Unfair contract meaning they can pay how much and get rid of staff

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Forced labour and unfair work load

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Inequality in technical terms means lack of equal opportunities and not being equal
and having a difference in typical areas
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This is one of the most obvious
inequality aspects as we can see from the issues
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A woman doing the same job as a man an yet receiving a smaller salary
While most women work hard at their jobs and over the years have proved
themselves as equal this problem is still relevant
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Sexism is still a high force in society
and still very much around today
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Men getting more of the higher paid jobs in an organisation
Men are able to work their way up in an organisation much faster and at a better rate
than women
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Often the organisation takes notice more in favour of the male
employees rather than female
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Sometimes women will even be treated as a lower level of staff
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The second inequality sign is also the lack of
respect for learner drivers on the road
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Often employers won’t give them a chance to
break into the industry they have to have that experience and knowledge that most
Adults have more or less
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There needs to be more possibilities at improving young people through
employment
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It is a very competitive environment that young drivers are put in for
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The
roads and roadworks of cities and motorways make life very difficult for
inexperienced drivers
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While in the UK we believe everyone is equal and allow many
people into our country and to claim money of our taxes and government
some countries disagree
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Finally the lack of respect if you like that
others do not repay the favour of equalling our chances of immigration
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