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Question
How can you fight against prejudice and discrimination in your village?
Solution
- First, we should assess our own biases. We should understand what they are.
- Keep ourselves accountable. Prejudice is a kind of handicap to our perspective. We are forbidden to think beyond our assumptions. A virtual wall gets built around our objective thinking.
- Acknowledge our own biases and prejudices and actively replace them with more! reasonable alternative.
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Look at the statements below that you believed to be true about rural and urban life in India. Tick mark those that you agree with.
On Rural People
- More than 50% of all Indians live in villages.
- Villagers do not care about their health. They are full of superstition.
- People in villages are backward and lazy. They do not like to work.
- In peak harvesting and plantation season, families spend 12 to 14 hours working in the fields.
- Villagers are dirty and not hygienic.
On Urban People
- Life in the city is easy. People here are spoilt and lazy.
- In cities families spend very little time with each other.
- People in towns only care about money, not about people.
- Living in a city is expensive. A large part of people’s earnings is spent on rent and transport.
- City people cannot be trusted, they are cunning and corrupt.
Match the following statements in a way that challenges stereotypes.
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a. Two surgeons were sitting down to lunch when one of them made a call on the mobile phone |
1. suffers from chronic asthma. |
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b. The boy who won the drawing competition went to the dais |
2. to become an astronaut which she did. |
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c. One of the fastest athletes in the world |
3. to speak with her daughter who had just returned from school. |
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d. She was not that well-off but had a dream |
4. on a wheelchair to collect his prize. |
Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
An important reason why Muslim girls do not attend school or drop out from school after a few years is_________
Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
India is a secular country—It means _________
State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F):
We feel secure with people who are very different from us.
Very Short Answer Type Question:
Define the term ‘prejudice’ with an example.
What is Prejudice?
What are the causes of Prejudice?
Split the class into small groups, discuss with your peer group on discrimination and write a report on it.
Mention the types of prejudice
