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1. Tolerance and Diversity

   High School 101
2. “Education, Exposure, and Awareness are key factors in moving from prejudice and intolerance to understanding and acceptance.”Source: Southern Poverty Law Centerwww.tolerance.com
3. What is Tolerance?
4. What is Tolerance? Sympathy for beliefs or practices that may be different from, or conflict with, one’s own
5. Why do people face discrimination?
6. Why do people face discrimination? Religion Race Weight Gender Sexual preference Physical disabilities Social class Nationality Dress Body piercing Intelligence Looks Interests Hair styles
7. What is Tolerance? Sympathy for beliefs or practices that may be different from, or conflict with, one’s own Whenever a person discriminates, they are committing an “act of intolerance.”
8. Where does intolerance begin? Are people born intolerant or is it a learned behavior? A – People are born intolerant = B – Intolerance is learned =
9. Time to take a “field trip” We are all getting on a bus… Soda, snacks, video games, televisions, Ipods, bus attendants You are now blindfolded…
10. What do you see?
11. What do you see? Kids in the sandbox together Kids laughing together Kids sliding together Kids running around together Kids swinging next to each other
12. Who do you see?
13. Who do you see? Boys Girls White kids Short kids Black kids Skinny kids Blonde kids Poor kids Healthy kids Athletic kids Clumsy kids Hispanic kids Asian kids Jewish kids Brunette kids Heavy kids Rich kids
14. What’s the difference between 2-year olds and most adults?
15. What’s the difference between 2-year olds and most adults? Two-year olds come out to the playground looking for similarities rather than differences.
16. Intolerance is a learned behavior