Diversity and Discrimination
QUESTIONS
1. Match the following statements in way that challenges stereotypes.
a. Two surgeons were sitting down to 1. suffers from chronic asthma.
lunch when one of them made a call
on the mobile phone
b. The boy who won the drawing 2. to become an astronaut which she did.
competition went to the dias
c. One of the fastest athletes in the world 3. to speak with her daughter who
had just returned from school.
d. She was not that well-off but had a dream 4. on a wheelchair to collect his prize.
2. How can the stereotype that girls are a burden on their parents affect the life of
a daughter? Imagine this situation and list at least five different effects that this
stereotype can have on the way daughters get treated in the house.
Answer:
3. What does the Constitution say with regard to equality? Why do you think it is
important for all people to be equal?
Answer:
4. Sometimes people make prejudiced comments in our presence. We are often not in a
position to do anything about this because it is difficult to say something right then
and there. Divide the class into groups and each group discuss what they could do in
one of the following situations:
a. A friend begins to tease a classmate because he is poor.
b. You are watching TV with your family and one of them makes a prejudicial
comment about a particular religious community.
c. Children in your class refuse to share their food with a particular person
because they think she is dirty.
d. Someone tells you a joke that makes fun of a community because of their
accent.
e. Some boys make remarks about girls not being able to play games as well
as them.