I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in the nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. This are the powerful words of Martin Luther king Jr as he stood against discrimination. Discrimination separates people that need to work hand in hand with each other in order to make the world a better place to live in, as it creates bad blood amongst other people.
Discrimination
According to (Jackson and Charles, 2005) discrimination in one form or another appears to be endemic to all societies. In the different countries, various groups have experienced various forms of discrimination, including racial discrimination, sexual discrimination (denial of certain …show more content…
For example Muslims go and pray at 13:00 every day so a student would be having a class by that time and she would ask for permission and she would be denied it.
In culture discrimination is where by people are discriminated against their culture in terms of clothing, food and dances/ rituals performed as they get judged by being compared to other cultures and being made a mockery of their culture. For example Mopane worms (“masonga”) are always judged.
However discrimination in some cases is either fair or unfair in certain things I terms of employment people are being judged because in order for a people to be employed they need to have certain qualifications/skills that that particular company wants, by so saying people are being judged by the qualifications which is unfair as they also need that specific job in order to earn a living but on the other hand it is fair because that particular company want people with skills in order for them to have people who know what they are doing and who will increase the production of the …show more content…
It can also be fair by the law not allowing the employer to employ children under the age of 15 years, or pregnant women four weeks before confinement and six weeks after giving birth, and on the other hand it can be unfair as a child who is 15 years old and the oldest child in the family with no parents needs a paying job to support his or her