Project on Racism

ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESSDEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Lesson : English VProfessor : Irene Chioti;Leskovic

Students: Nikola Tore – 2100325 Dimitris

Rompogiannakis

December 2012

RACISM

Lesson : English V Professor : Irene Chiotis-Leskovic

Students: Nikola Tore - 2100325Dimitris Rompogiannakis - 2100208 December 2012

RACISM

Purpose

Our purpose is to point out some situations that occur because of prejudge and to make aware of the fact that… a more human behavior is possible

Outline

1. Discrimination of racism2. Racial discrimination3. Social institutions – Roles4. Family5. Education – School6. Media7. Issues – Suggestions8. Issues occurring in:9. Social Groups10. Workplace11. Suggestions12. Optimistic message13. Bibliography

RacismThe conscious or unconscious belief that a particular race is superior to another.

Consequences:

A “superior” race abusively exercises power over and dominates the ones considered “inferior” and, secondly, the racist acts and norms affect both the attitude and the behavior of people and groups.

OTHER KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION

Racial Social

Cultural Religious

…and many more…

SOURCES OF RACISM

Family Education

Social groups Project groups

Media

•Family

▫Bad behavior against children▫Isolation from society▫Teaching wrong principles

Sense of inequality Absence of kind feelings Lack of respect Form of stereotypical discriminations among different

races

•Education

▫Historical facts are presented according to each nation’s interests and not as they really took place.

▫Distorted views on certain races are promoted and received.

▫Incapability on forming right behavioral standards in a social group.

•Social groups

▫In Search of Similarity.

▫Discrimination because of certain habits.

▫Nationalism – Fundamentalism.

▫Social isolation of people who belong to an “inferior” race.

•Project groups▫Unequal rights in:

Participation in duties Participation in decision making about basic issues

▫Indecent criteria Evaluation Reward

•Media▫Content of communicated messages is not

controlled▫Focus on making profit without considering the

effects on the people’s lives.

Acts of Racism•At schools

Choosing a classmate to sit with based on where he/she is from or what’s the color of his/her skin.

• Among friends

Avoiding foreigners because of a fear caused by wrong perspectives about certain countries.

•At workplace

▫Sometimes employers discriminate among candidates for a job (“I don’t want foreigners in my business” or “they are not qualified”).

▫Native employees act in an unfriendly way against foreigners and are reluctant to cooperate on performing duties.

•In everyday life

▫At the park: “We should not go this way because there are so many immigrants and we may get robbed” or “Some black people have been sitting there, I’m not”.

▫On the bus: We (natives) and they (foreigners) are seated separately because we are afraid we might get robbed.

“A Life Without Racism”Smiles at school

Smiles at workplace

Smiles and harmony in social groups

Happy and balanced everyday life

Confronting the Issue

•Raising a child (Family)

▫Principles: Imparting principles to the children in an early age (dignity, love, caring, avoiding stereotypes)

▫Standards: Avoiding discrimination during the initial socialization of the children and showing good manners to “different” people, especially in front of the children

• Strengthening the role of education

▫Objective presentation of historical facts concerning the relationship between two nations.

▫Focus on developing a sense of equality (sympathy and compassion for others)

•Management at the workplace

▫Avoiding discrimination during the process of selection and evaluation of the employees, judging by qualifications and skills rather than by nationality or skin color.

▫Building a culture which promotes teamwork, respect and family values.

•Proper use of media

▫Ban of provoking commercials with racist content

▫Ban of shows that promote wrong behavioral standards.

▫Projecting documentaries that aim at the elimination of race related stereotypes and make us concern for others

Pay attention to the soul of people, not to their appearance.

You may have the same character.

“ Whoever debases others is debasing himself ” - James Baldwin

“Achievement has no color” - Abraham Lincoln

“ Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity ” – Desmond Tutu

Bibliography

Quotegarden.com Biography.com Goodreads.com Wikipedia.com Our knowledge

Thank you for your time!

The End

Look for the inside of humans,

not the outside…