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Discrimination
Discrimination is the ability to discern differences between objects. The word is frequently used to denote prejudice against a race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, or social grouping. Currently, there are laws to protect people against discrimination.
2,240 Questions
What are the best ways to combat racism?
Compassionately educate as many people you come into contact with, when the moment lends itself.
How do you write a sentence with the word bigotry in it?
Many pro-slavery people had bigotry because they refused to hear anyone else's ideas other than their own because they thought slavery was right and they were totally convinced that it was.
If you quit your job because of racism can you collect unemployment?
Only if you can provide documentation indicating you tried every avenue to remediate the situation to no avail, and that the racism effected you in such a way you could no longer perform your job. Because most companies deny the existance of racism in their organization, the major barrier for you is providing proof that racism existed.
Is homophobic bullying illegal?
If it is an action taken based solely on the fact that the person being ostracized (or bullied if you prefer) is gay, then it can be a civil rights violation (hate crime) depending upon the nature of the bullying.
Is it legal for an atheist to run for political office in Texas?
of course you can were all human and just because Texas is mostly
christian shouldn't make an atheist less qualified
Answer:
Actually, according to Texas' legal code, no. Many states have codes that specifically restrict atheists from running for office; however, federal law states that this is unconstitutional, so if an atheist tried to run for public office in any of these states, it would be a very short Supreme Court hearing indeed that would overrule the state law and allow him to run. Unfortunately, a majority of Americans (nearly 60%) are awesome, and refuse to vote for an atheist even if he or she is well-qualified for office, so the point is moot as an atheist would have almost no chance of being elected in the most liberal parts of the country, let alone Texas.
EDIT: Texas law says that to hold office, one must acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being. The Texas Constitution
Article 1 - BILL OF RIGHTSSection 4 - RELIGIOUS TESTSNo religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
Source: http://tlo2.TLC.state.tx.us/txconst/sections/cn000100-000400.HTML
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Is their Federal or state funding to start and maintain a homeless shelter?
Yes there is. You need to research government grants available for this purpose and write a grant request. Although most are quite small amounts, grants become available and awarded on a regular basis so you need to look for them on a regular basis.
If a teacher only gets on to certain people is that racism?
I think you mean the teacher gets onto certain people in the sense of enforcing discipline on those students more than others; and I think you mean to ask whether that is RACIST.
It might be racist, but from only this much information, there is no way to tell.
The worst workplace discrimination today statistics?
Four in ten businesses worldwide have no women in senior management.
from www.collegetimes.us
Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn.
from www.urbanministry.org
Women male only 75.5 cents for every dollar that men earn.
from www.usgovinfo.sbout.com
How is racism and segregation related to the book fences?
The book Fences is largely about a negro family liviving an setting of folks who idealy a white Society however they must overcome the simple differences in family relationships.
Why are all black people so violent?
They are violent because thats how they are raised as little kids.
What sort of racism happened during the Australian gold rush?
People of all races, nationalities and ethnicities of the human race flocked to the Australian colonies and goldfields in search of instant wealth - either searching for gold or supplying the miners. And there were several gold rushes to different colonies over a period of 50 years.
The major discrimination was against the Chinese by Europeans on the basis of their separatism, cultural habits and diligence compared to the majority of European extraction on the goldfields. The other was by Aboriginal Australians resentful of their occupation of their lands, and by some accounts, as a food source. Some significant attacks occurred:
a. In Victoria in 1857 miners drove Chinese off the Buckland field. Police intervened and they were invited back - some returned.
b. In the Young district in 1860-61 the Chinese miners were violently driven off their claims, the New South Government restored them and military and police protection provided.
c. In North Queensland at the Gilbert River and Palmer River goldfields in the 1870s, the European miners needed police protection from the Chinese miners as well as the other way round. The Chinese were also driven off by Aboriginal Australians who resented their taking over their land.
The Colonial governments, pressured by the working class whose jobs were seen to be under threat, were also concerned about the influx of what they thought of as an upsurge of alien people, organised by Chinese recruiters in China in a similar way to the large business profits in shipping migrants posing as 'refugees' of today. The governments levied entry taxes on Chinese.
This is not really a legal issue. Companies are permitted to enforce rules and institute disciplinary measures within their own discretion. Employers are not required to justify or even explain why one employee may be reprimanded while another may not. In many cases, the employee is not privy to the other employee's personnel file and history, and cannot fully appreciate the difference.
If you feel that you are being reprimanded for things you have not done, you should speak with your supervisor or your human resource department about an in house appeals process. If you are unsatisfied, you are free to seek alternate employment.
In order to establish that this is illegal discrimination, you would have to be able to establish that both you and another employee had the same work history, have similar good and poor reviews and reputations during a similar time of employment, and that you were disciplined while he/she was not for the same offense by the same supervisor, and that the reason for inequality is your race, ethnicity, religion, gender or country of origin.
If the supervisor is discriminating against you because you have a poor attitude or don't perform as well as the other employee, treated you more harshly is perfectly acceptable and appropriate.
Why do some Muslims hate Westerners?
Answer 1
Many non-Muslim westerners respect Islam religion (and even believe Islam religion as true God religion) and respect Muslims although their faith is not Islam.
However, some others hate Muslims and try to fabricate issues and lies against Islam for two main reasons: first trying to deter the Islam growth rate and reduce this rate. Second to convince themselves that they are right in not adopting Islam. Those people:
- claim that Islam is the religion of terrorism and violence.
- claim that Quran is not God revelation but something written by prophet Muhammad or copied from other holy books.
- claim that Islam was spread by war.
Answer 2
One of the major problems with even putting forward a question like this today is the presence of the term "Islamophobia" which has really no definition and can be so easily applied. Any criticism of Islam or of Muslim practices just gets branded with this label, even if the words are spoken by Muslims. Therefore, I propose (in this answer) three separate words to discuss the varied feelings of Non-Muslims towards Islam:
- Anti-Mohammedan(ism) = The belief that Muslims as people are wicked or problematic. This is the Muslim rough equivalent to Anti-Semitism for Jews. The term actually existed historically, but has been "outmoded" because Muslims are no longer called Mohammedans in recognition of the fact that they do not follow Mohammed because he is their Lord and Savior, but only as a Prophet.
- Anti-Islamic(ism) = The belief that the ideology and beliefs of Islam as a religious construction and lifestyle manifesto promotes wrong-doing or are seriously problematic to a multicultural society.
- Anti-Islam(ism) = The belief that Islam as politically manifest and capable of determining actual laws promotes inequality, injustice, and moral incorrectness.
Put most simply: Muslim people are lovable, Islamic religion is salvageable, Islamic politics are insufferable.
Anti-Mohammedanism
Most Non-Muslims (contrary to Muslim assertions) are not actually Anti-Mohammedan. While there are certainly a minority of individuals who say that Muslims themselves are a cancer on society, this is a very limited opinion. Muslims of all backgrounds, like Arabs, Indians, Southeast Asians, etc. are typically warm, hospitable, and loving people. They work diligently at their jobs, aspire for their children to have better lives, and are every bit as caring and nurturing as any other citizen. The TV show "Muslims in America" was cancelled after one season because the participants in the show were "too normal". The only difference between them and non-Muslims were that some of the women wore hijabs and everyone prayed on Fridays instead of Sundays. Their ideologies and views were quintessentially American. Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan famously joined the celebrations when Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan, because they opposed the terror and fear that he represented.
If there may be one thing worth noting here, it is that Non-Muslims hope that Muslims can take a critical look at their past in a way that, up to this point, few of them have dared to do.
Anti-Islamicism
Many more non-Muslims are Anti-Islamic and point to a number of issues with Islamic legal practice and belief. Some of these Islamic "ideas" are incredibly frightening to many non-Muslims. The discussions about declaring Holy Wars on Unbelievers, are very frightening and scary to many who treasure the idea of Freedom of Conscience. Furthermore, Islam as a religion may promote tolerance of other religions, but certainly does not promote equality between religions. Qur'an verse 9:29 which formed the backbone Islamic legal treatment of Non-Muslims historically, says:
Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah [tax] willingly while they are humbled.
This has led persistently negative treatment of Non-Muslims in Muslim countries. Admittedly, in the Middle Ages, it was superior to European treatment, but today the situation is reversed. Muslims in Europe live without fear that their Mosques could be destroyed or that violence will be used against them. However, Egyptian churches continue to be bombed and Egyptian Christians have no recourse. Lebanese Christians fled Lebanon in the 1920s and 1930s to escape Muslim pogroms. Jews departed from nearly every Muslim-majority country to go to Israeli internment camps because living there was better than their historical ties for centuries to the countries in which they lived. Islam has not learned from this and continues to tell Muslims that they did nothing wrong.
Additionally, Islamic Penal Law makes Non-Muslims very scared. Some particularly problematic issues include: claiming that the rape victim is criminally liable for "getting raped", chopping off a thief's hands as punishment for theft, the execution of homosexuals, blasphemy laws in general, permission given to enslave people, and execution of apostates.
If Islamic views modernizes and its more extreme adherents show that they are willing to compete in the marketplace of ideas instead of just yell, scream, and perform violent acts until everybody listens, Islam may get a fairer shake. Until then, many see Islam as undesirable and regressive. If voices like Tawfik Hamid ring louder than those of Ayatollah Khamanei, Islam may garner many more Non-Muslim advocates or at least alienate far fewer. A link to Tawfik Hamid's "Mr. Tolerance" PDF has also been provided to get a flavor of the type of Islam that he advocates.
Anti-Islamism
The overwhelming majority of Non-Muslims oppose (either strongly or weakly) Muslim attempts to impose Islamic Laws on a country's citizens and people. Given that many Non-Muslims find the Islamic Penal Law outdated and horrendous and see that Islam seeks to repress religious minorities, they are not interested in a government that seeks to rule by exactly these mechanisms. This is not opposition to Muslim politicians like Keith Ellison, since he is not an Islamist, but merely a politician informed by values. An Islamist actively seeks the implementation of part or the whole of Shari'a Law, with the intent of creating an Islamic State. Many Non-Muslims in the West hold dearly to the idea that religion should stay out of politics in order to allow every religion the freedom to operate and discuss its views. An Islamist State would also be very restrictive to Muslims, forcing them to live in a Puritanical Way that would prevent differing local customs from informing the cultural richness that can be found in Islamic countries. Islamist regimes (like Iran) are notoriously violent to their own citizens and Non-Muslim compassion for Muslims (Anti-Anti-Mohammedanism) is greatly saddened when such regimes come to power.
Answer 3
Most westerners way of religion and life are far different from Muslims so i would guess they just wont accept change
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What are the key provisions of anti-discrimination legislation?
The chipettes is not really teenagers but i know they are not teenagers Brittany must be 12,Jeanette 12,and Eleanor 11 because it 2014. all people thinks Eleanor is younger then Theodore but is more older than him. All people thinks Alvin is the oldest but simon is more olden than him.
Can membership to a private organization be restricted by gender?
Unfortunatly, it does happen, and yes. Organizations that are private (you have to pay to belong) can do this.
Actually, it all began with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, before there was an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, governmental services and education. And it contained one section, called Title VII, which prohibited employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion and national origin. But it was not until July 1965 when the EEOC was created, and it began its work in 1966.
One of its first tasks was to define exactly what constituted discrimination; in the early years of the EEOC, it did not have strong enforcement powers, but it did put some guidelines into place in 1968-69 that were enforced more strongly later. One of the rulings it issued was that newspapers could not list jobs as "male only" or "female only" and employers could not arbitrarily exclude women from consideration just because of their gender.
The people in favor of the death penalty are in the minority with only 40% of the vote.
No. Boxer is a California member of federal Congress and has no authority over local police in CAlifornia, Georgia or anywhere else.
The ACLU has repeatedly alleged -without evidence - that it is illegal for CObb County law enforcement to comply with a federal program that allows local cops to notify ICE when illegal aliens are arrested.
Were Senator Boxer involved, she would certainly congratulate the Cobb County sheriff for complying with federal-local cooperation programs and eliminating illegal alien felons from the USA.
Affirmative action is when a minority is given extra 'points' or such just for being a minority.
Basically, any member of a minority group is given the advantage just for being a minority. Politicians look down on minorities and claim to help them, but what they're really saying is 'you aren't capable of helping yourself, so we have to hand it to you, all we ask of you is you vote for us without question." it's a tool to unite all minority groups.
Social Darwinism and social racism is not the same concept. Social Darwinism - the term (simplified) means vizhivanie in kaprinka without any help from the state, but the state does not intend to destroy you as a person. Ie a person has the right to be as poor as well as rich. Social racism is a more sophisticated policy aimed at the destruction of one group (usually the ruling) of the other groups of the society in order to capture material or other benefits. Example. Social Darwinism in the state will be forced to send and FREE armiyu.Libo go for free money or whether serve the poor. Social racism - no one will ask you to just take away the needy children in the army without pay, at the same time, children's Elite Law frees from military service. Besides, if the CP power yavyaetsya closed Clan (caste) for others.
Do you like President Obama and why?
No, because he has broken most of his promises that he made during the campaign. The stimulus plan is flushing the economy down the toilet. I do hope he turns the country around, because if not many will have to deal with it.
Yes, he has and is working on the things he has promised, such as getting the war over, he has done that. Many people think it is him that made the economy bad, it is BUSH's mess he is cleaning up.
Yes. I like what he has accomplished in his first term. For a list of all those accomplishments, see the related question below about what people think he has done right as President so far. I also like him because he has a great sense of humor and a romantic and loving relationship with his wife.
Yes. He has helped my family.
No. Personally I don't. Here are the reasons I hate him. First off he supports C.O.O.L. which stands for: Country Of Origin Labeling. He also supports many other artificial trade barriers, screws over other countries, and he hates NAFTA. So because of him we are going to have another recession because of trade wars.
Yes. I like him because he gives women choice over abortion. If an extreme conservative, like Santorum, were president all women who were pregnant would have to have their baby. Like, you go into the office and say "I would like an abortion," and they would say, "Nope its the law now" but...I mean some people might say it's good, but what if you are 12,13,or even 14? Wow that's young - way too young to have a baby and people don't get it. So you might want to have an abortion but you can't. President Barack Obama gives a choice, he says he wants every woman to have a choice and a lot of other things.
Yes. As people can tell by my user name Fan of Obama, I'm a big fan of President Obama. Presidents Reagan and Bush were supposedly anti-abortion and both were in office for 8 years each: a total of 16 years. During that time abortion remained legal.
Yes. Although I disagree with Obama on abortion, I think that he is shaping up to be a good president in a very, very difficult position.
Yes. I am very pleased with his work so far as President. If he had the cooperation of Congress instead of their obstructionism, he would have been able to do so much more good. But, with a second term, we could see even more progress than we have in the first term.
Yes. The majority of Americans polled are saying that they are very happy with the President. He has one of the highest Presidential approval ratings of most recent Presidents.
Yes. He's fixing our country that President Geo. W. Bush messed up.
No. But all liberals love him.
No. And you shouldn't.
No. One reason why I don't like him is because there is a picture of him toasting (praising) the leaders of 9/11. It was all over news right before the 2008 election. I wouldn't vote for him and I don't like him because he has no experience in politics whatsoever.
Yes. I like him, he's a good guy.
No. He is black and doesn't know what he's doing.
Yes. As do people who fought for civil rights.
Note: Always check facts for yourself. Some of the above
opinions may contain information that is not factual.
