Theme - Discrimination

Discrimination comes in many ways, but sometimes we tend to overlook them due to the fact that we are ignorant or it is viewed with a certain level of in the current society.

The following types of discrimination can be categorised as shown:

Appearance

Based on race

a.   People tend to associate Indians (actually whose skin colour is black enough) to racist jokes (Shan’t elaborate on this)

Based on gender

a.       In the past, women had no right to themselves. They could not get jobs, decide on who she wants to get married to, or sold as slaves to the slave market to work as prostitutes.

Based on Disability

a.       Some people like bully the disabled because the physically disabled cannot move around as conveniently and retaliate.

b.      People like to make fun of the disabled

Background

Based on Ancestry

a.       Some people have difficulty finding jobs because of their blood-line

Based on Education

a.       Those people who hold a degree of a certain level (like a master’s degree) find it easier to get a job as compared to those who only studied till Junior College

Based on past careers

a.       A person’s job application may have been rejected because he/she may have worked in an inappropriate job before (E.g.: Ladies in nightclubs)

 Based on nationality

a.       Pakistanis has recently been associated with terrorists

Based on Marital status

a.       Women who do not marry before a certain age in rural villages were treated as outcasts.

 Based on criminal background

a.       A person who had been to jail before always has difficulties finding a job because of their criminal record.

Based on economic status

a.       A person of a lowly economic status (poor) is always trampled upon while rich people tend to gain respect from the general population.

 Based on genes

a.       Genes tell what kind of future diseases one may have, yet they have trouble finding a job due to their genes (which directly affects physical appearance)

Based on medical problems

a.       A person infected with HIV is shunned by a vast majority of people

 Based on religion

a.       A worker is treated negatively or unfairly at work because of his or her religion, or religious beliefs and practices

Mindset

Based on disability

a.       People with dementia are largely ignored with the exception of family members and close friends

Based on sexual orientation

a.       Gay marriages are disallowed in Singapore

 Based on perception

a.       A person who thinks differently are considered ‘weird’

b.      Galileo Galilei was placed under house-arrest because he had that radical idea of that time that the Earth moved around the Sun, instead of the Sun revolving the Earth.

Based on Age

a.       People prefer hiring younger employees to older people, as they believe that the young people, as greenhorns, are more energetic and tend to be eager to improve the organization. Young people are also capable of keeping up with the times

Relationships

Based on political affiliation

a.       Terrorists are treating Singapore as an enemy due to our mutual ties with the USA.

Based on Brand

a.       Wikileaks, at present means the enemy to the US government

Miscellaneous

Reverse Discrimination

a.       Discrimination against Discrimination

b.      Negative way to emphasise the particular inequality against a group.