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2015 RVHS Prejudice & Discrimination Reading Package

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River Valley High School

2015 Prejudice and Discrimination Reading Package

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Essential Questions

‘A’ Level Questions

Quotes on Prejudice and Discrimination

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Prejudice and Discrimination

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Question: What happens when individuals or society rely on stereotypes and make assumptions about

people?

We All Make Our Own Paper Tigers: Amy Chua and Why ‘Culture’ Doesn’t Displace ‘Race’ the Way You

Think It Does

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Question: What are the implications for affected individuals and society when prejudice and

discrimination happen in school, the workplace, and in society?

One in five LGBT students have been bullied or harassed on campus

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Is Academic Science Sexist?

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Enforcing school dress codes teaches girls to be ashamed, not 'modest'

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Tiger mom Amy Chua roars with new controversial book about ‘America’s elite’

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Asians get the Ivy League's Jewish treatment

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Nurse wins disability discrimination case

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Workplace Discrimination: Sexual Orientation

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Sex discrimination against men: 10 ways employers could fall foul

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I Don't Know What to Do With Good White People

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Japan finally apologises to its Women

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Caste Is Not Past

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Sri Lanka besieged by Religious Conflict

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Disability and Discrimination at the Doctor’s Office

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Jaw Makeovers for the Surgery-Averse, Superhero-Inspired Man

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UK cosmetic surgery statistics 2013: which are the most popular?

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The obesity era

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Prejudice and Discrimination in Singapore

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“No Indians No PRCs’: Singapore’s rental discrimination problem

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Discrimination in Singapore

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“We overreacted.”

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Question: Is it possible to eliminate prejudice and discrimination?

Understanding the racial bias you didn't know you had

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Using the word 'gay' to mean 'crap' is a form of bullying of gay people

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