Stereotypes, prejudices & discrimination
Watch this video on stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.
- A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
- A prejudice is someone's opinion based on such a stereotype.
- Discrimination is the unequal or unfair treatment of a person based on personal characteristics that one usually cannot change.
Reflection exercise
Does Muhammed’s story seem familiar?
Perhaps your case didn’t involve a Moroccan man, but an employee with a disability, an older employee, a female employee, an employee with a different sexual orientation,…
Task: have a chat with a colleague you don’t know that well. Do you hold any stereotypes and prejudices regarding that person? If so, why? Could this lead to discrimination?
Did you know?
The 21st of March is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
- On March 21st 1960 thousands of black South Africans gathered in Sharpeville (SA) to demonstrate against the apartheid regime that hindered their freedom.
- Police opened fire and 69 died, 100s were injured, including women and children.
- To remember this incident, the UN declared March 21st as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
- Yet racism and discrimination persist in our society and it remains necessary to actively stand up to racism and discrimination every day.