Discriminating Behaviors

Question 1

Discrimination

Answer 1

Unfairly treating a person or group of people different from other people or groups of people

Question 2

Violation

Answer 2

Ignoring or interfering with a person’s right

Question 3

Impact

Answer 3

Effect, consequence, result

Question 4

Initiatives

Answer 4

Plans/programmes that are intended to solve a problem

Question 5

Campaign

Answer 5

Series of activities designed to produce a particular result

Question 6

Types of discriminating behavior

Answer 6

Fair and unfair discrimination

Question 7

Fair discrimination

Answer 7

Discrimination is allowed if it’s fair
Example
Affirmative action is fair because it makes way to make up for the inequalities of the part apartheid regime where jobs were kept for some race only

BEE
Black economic empowerment is fair as majority of people were not allowed to own companies

Question 8

Unfair discrimination

Answer 8

Goes against our constitution
All people are equal and must be treated equally

Example of unfair discrimination
Xenophobia and stigma/racism

Question 9

Disability discrimination

Answer 9

When you are treated badly because of your disability

Question 10

Gender discrimination

Answer 10

To treat people unfair and differently because they are make or female

Question 11

Racial discrimination

Answer 11

Based on a person’s race where one race believes it is better than the other race

Question 12

Religious discrimination

Answer 12

Based on a person’s religion and religious beliefs

Question 13

Sexual orientation discrimination

Answer 13

Prejudice against people who have same sex relationships

Question 14

Stigmatism

Answer 14

Harmful attitudes and abuse towards others based on misinformation and ignorance marking people in a negative way

Question 15

Workplace discrimination

Answer 15

Discrimination in hiring, promotion and work assignment, compensation and harassment

Question 16

Bias

Answer 16

Influence in an unfair way to have a prefencr for or to favor a group of people or an idea, not based on fact or fairness to show favoritism

Question 17

How to be a leader

Answer 17

Stand up for what’s right and not corruption and bribery

Stand for morality and report crime

Stand up for your community by getting to know your neighbors

Stand up for free speech by also listening to the other side

Stnsd up for you future by respecting the environment and standing up for education by going to school

Question 18

South African initiatives /projects

Answer 18

Help promote a change and encourage us to work hard to ensure human rights for all as we are meant to be a free democracy where people’s human rights are protected

Question 19

16 days of activitism against women and child abuse

Answer 19

Aim to challenge south Africans to declare an end to violence against children and women for 16 days and increase aware of the negative impact it has on women and children

Question 20

Treatment action campaign (tac)

Answer 20

Large human rights advocacy organization advocating human rights of people living with hiv/aids

Question 21

South African human rights commission (SAHRC)

Answer 21

national institution established to support constitutional democracy where human rights violation is reported