Prejudice And Discrimination

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There are many ways to teach kids there is no reason to dislike someone or demonstrate discrimination to them, which is the act of treating an individual unfairly because they identify with a group.(270) Most racism is based on the fact that they think because a person looks different than them they are inferior, but it is proven that there is not a single biological trait or gene that is unique to a certain race. (268) If I were a teacher who was against racism I would engrain that idea into my students head that there is not anything biologically different in the two races so there is no predetermined way that they are any different. I would also show them how badly minorities were treated in the past and how pre-formed and unfavorable opinions

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