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Hinduism

By Raghav. Rohit, Divya & Aadith

Contents
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter

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Principle of equality
Attitudes to Race
Attitudes to Gender
Attitudes to other religion
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
Bibliography
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 1: Principle of Equality


experience of them. An e.g would
be, All young people wearing
hoodies are thugs. Discrimination is
acting on your prejudice. It is acting
differently towards someone
because of, for example, his or her
race, colour, gender or disability. E.g
Not allowing young people wearing
hoodies to enter a shopping centre.

Om is written on
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Equality as stated in the


Oxford Dictionary is, [mass
noun] the state of being
equal, especially in status,
rights, or opportunities: an
organization aiming to
promote racial equality.
Prejudice is pre-judging.
Prejudice is a feeling or
attitude about a person or
group of people before having
a personal

Different types of prejudice and


discrimination

Racism
Sexism
Discrimination against
different religions
Discrimination against
disability
Ageism
Homophobia
Xenophobia
Sizeism
The causes of prejudice, are;
fear because people are afraid of
things they do not know, Grouping
because children will alter their
ideas to fin in with their friends,
Media due to the fact that children
and adults will learn ideas from
TV/Internet/Radio, Also due to
ignorance because they are
Believing rumours, one of the bigger
from factors for developing prejudice
is Yourself, this is because to past

impacted. Unfortunately, studies show


that particular people or groups who
suffer prejudice and discrimination have
less life chances than those who don't.
Even though the gravity of the situation
has definitely changed in the past few
years for the better, it is still the case
that a white middle class marries male
has more life chances than a Hispanic or
Afro-Caribbean single mother coming
from the working class. Prejudice and
discrimination is shown to be show
pervasive that the way we act and treat
such groups is almost involuntary, and
we end up showing prejudice and
discrimination without being aware of it.
Stereotyping, is one of the biggest
discriminations, this study show that, if
Asian women take a math test after
being told that Asians are good at math
they do better than they do after being
told that women are bad at math (both
are stereotypes). This shows how
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generations. E.g; when black slaves
were freed, no one would hire black
males and they werent allowed in
schools in the south. That set them up
for poverty, ignorance, and poor quality
of life because of the depression that
comes with poverty. People will now feel
confident or worthy and if this continued
it would be very dangerous because it
can affect their children too. On the
otherhand, it can make a person develop
a deep hatred for the people which were
acting prejudice towards that person. For

Chapter 2: Attitudes to Race

What is Racism?
Racism is the act of prejudice or
discrimination against a person or a
group judged by the colour of their
skin or their background. Most
people have motives for being
racists, and also may conclude to
jealousy however is regarded as
very disrespectful.
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Chapter 3: Attitudes to Gender

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Chapter 3
Sexism is when you discriminate
somebody by their gender. Two
examples of sexism are:
scapegoating women as witches
and the fact children belongs with
the mother in court.
The UK laws on sexism say that no
person has the right to
discriminate the other gender and
both genders have the same
rights. In Hinduism it says that
women should be the one doing all
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Chapter 4: Attitudes to Other Religions

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What is religious
intolerance?
The basic meaning of
religious intolerance is
intolerance against
anothers religious
beliefs or practices of
lack thereof. A statement
of a religion stating that its
beliefs and practices are
correct and other beliefs
are therefore not is
intolerance by itself in an
ideological sense. Looking

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Chapter 5: Forgiveness and


Reconciliation

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Forgiveness is the act of letting go


of the need for revenge and
releasing negative thoughts of
bitterness and resentment. For
example a parent forgiving his
child for a mistake he has made.
If they observe your
reconciliation with friends or
family who you have
dishonoured, perhaps they will
not resent always on the way you
have disappointed them. My
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