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Discrimination. What is discrimination?. Discrimination is when a person or group of persons are singled out for their race, skin colour, gender, sexuality or religion. Who were/are the KKK?.
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What is discrimination? • Discrimination is when a person or group of persons are singled out for their race, skin colour, gender, sexuality or religion.
Who were/are the KKK? • The KKK were a group of white supremacists who wanted black people to die and went so far as to kill them themselves. • The KKK are still very much still around, but they’ve settled down now. • The KKK leaders are called the Grand Wizard, or Imperial Wizard. The highest ranking member is called the Grand Dragon. • The KKK actually currently have an official website with a new motto of, “Love not hate.”, just so long as you’re white and American.
Discrimination in history. • There has always been discrimination in history. • Such as the fact black people were enslaved by the white people. • Another example is Hitler killing six million Jewish people in the Second World War.
Other examples of Racism in History • The Jim Crow Laws kept black people and white people from mixing. • Due to these laws, in Alabama in 1883, interracial marriage meant up to seven years’ labour in a state penitentiary. • Another example is that the buses should not have black and white people in them. • Although there was the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where an African-American woman was arrested for not giving her seat to a white person.
Slavery • Vikings used to capture the Slavs and sell them to the Romans as slaves. • Slavery was officially established in Virginia in 1654 when a man convinced the court that another man was his for life. • Slavery started to die out in the second half of the eighteenth century in the United States because the crops needed less manual work. • It was ended in the United States in 1865.
Is racism coming to an end? • I doubt it will happen any time soon with there being over 40,000 reported cases in UK schools alone each year. • Although the fact Barack Obama has not only been elected as President of America for four years, but re-elected for another four years shows some progress. • The UK even has the BNP, which believes that other races shouldn’t be in Britain.
Sectarianism. • The most obvious example of sectarianism in Scotland is the Catholics and the Protestants. • This is very common with Rangers and Celtic fans. • There has even been people killed for the religion they worship or the team the support.
Homophobia • There is many examples of homophobia all over the world, there are even many countries that homosexuality is punishable by death. • There are even people in this country killed for their sexuality.
Conclusion • Discrimination is very likely to never end. • As long as there are people who differ from others there will be discrimination.