Everyone express their thoughts, opinions and beliefs either through a nonverbal form or a verbal form. Most of the time, when people are expressing themselves, they do not think about how their beliefs or actions might affect others, or how they might lead to consequences in the future. In recent news, Kelvin Cochran was fired from his position as the chief of the Atlanta fire department for his religious beliefs. While he was working, Cochran tried to bring his Christian beliefs into the workplace by handing out books, which he published about spreading the word of God. In the books, he describes homosexuality as wrong, nasty and disgusting. Often referring to homosexuality as on the same level of pedophiles, and to those who have sex with
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In this experiment, Dr. Barker had her sample fill out a short questionnaire about themselves. Next, the sample had an hour group discussion about their experiences in the social work programs while their discussion was filmed and transcribed. Based on their discussion, the results show the level of discrimination in the program. Many students said that, they felt limited because there was not a variety of opinions on big topic issues and that everyone is supposed to believe a certain way. Many of the sample felt oppressed since they could not voice their belief. The student body was not willing to accept them for their Christian viewpoints, and one participant even said how the staff treated her differently because she came from a Christian university (Barker, 2013, p. 6-11). This study also provides additional support that Cochran faced discrimination because he was not allowed to voice his opinions, beliefs and thoughts in his workplace. Many people do not accept the Christian viewpoint on many hot topic issues and sometimes that causes them to not be taken seriously. This study also provides additional support for discrimination against Cochran since his beliefs was not the same as the majority of people in his workplace it lead him to be suspended from his job and ultimately fired. If his beliefs was the same as everyone else or if he had kept it a secret than he would be treated differently and he would still have his
In this experiment, Dr. Barker had her sample fill out a short questionnaire about themselves. Next, the sample had an hour group discussion about their experiences in the social work programs while their discussion was filmed and transcribed. Based on their discussion, the results show the level of discrimination in the program. Many students said that, they felt limited because there was not a variety of opinions on big topic issues and that everyone is supposed to believe a certain way. Many of the sample felt oppressed since they could not voice their belief. The student body was not willing to accept them for their Christian viewpoints, and one participant even said how the staff treated her differently because she came from a Christian university (Barker, 2013, p. 6-11). This study also provides additional support that Cochran faced discrimination because he was not allowed to voice his opinions, beliefs and thoughts in his workplace. Many people do not accept the Christian viewpoint on many hot topic issues and sometimes that causes them to not be taken seriously. This study also provides additional support for discrimination against Cochran since his beliefs was not the same as the majority of people in his workplace it lead him to be suspended from his job and ultimately fired. If his beliefs was the same as everyone else or if he had kept it a secret than he would be treated differently and he would still have his