Notes

DISCRIMINATION: A LONG FIGHT OF MINORITIES

Introduction
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS SET FORTH IN THE INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ANY KIND, SUCH AS RACE, COLOR, SEX, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, POLITICAL OR
ANOTHER OPINION, NATIONAL OR SOCIAL ORIGIN, PROPERTY, BIRTH, OR ANOTHER STATUS. I THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T GET THEIR RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BORN WITH THE "RIGHT" SKIN COLOR OR GENDER. I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD BE GIVEN EQUAL RIGHTS AND THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PERSON SOMEONE IS. THE HUMAN RACE IS ALL THE SAME AND WE ALL DESERVE EQUAL RIGHTS.

IN THE BOOK “SOCIAL PROBLEM: CONTINUITY AND CHANGES” (BARKAN, DECEMBER 2015), HE PROVIDES A
HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR ETHNIC AND RACIAL PREJUDICE. HE GOES ON TO EXPLAIN HOW THE TWO TYPES OF PREJUDICE MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. I SELECTED THIS RESOURCE SINCE IT NOT ONLY EDUCATES ON THE TOPIC BUT ALSO PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT IT. ONE PARTICULAR EXAMPLE HE USES IS THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A PH.D. DEGREE, HIS OWN FAMILY DID NOT SEE HIM AS AN ADULT WHEN HE WAS A TEEN BECAUSE OF HIS COLOR. IT TOOK A DRASTIC CHANGE IN HIS FAMILY'S ATTITUDE TO HIS PERSONALITY BEFORE THEY BEGAN TREATING HIM AS AN EQUAL MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ONCE AGAIN INSTEAD OF AS A CHILD WITH NO RESPONSIBILITY.

DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE AND ETHNICITY HAS REMAINED AN UNSOLVED ISSUE IN THE NATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD. BECAUSE OF THE TOPIC'S LONGEVITY IN THE CURRENT WORLD AND MY OPINION THAT PREJUDICE SHOULD BE ERADICATED IN THE MODERN WORLD, I FIND IT HIGHLY SENSITIVE.