Discrimination

From Religion to Extremism

One of the most encountered criteria for discrimination is religion. Nowadays, religion is a sensitive topic, even though due to the type of lifestyle many people chose to be less and less involved in religious activities.

Given the world contemporary world context and the conflicts that occurred in multiple states, more and more people turned to religion trying to cope with the situation. In war zones, some of the people who turned to religion for comfort started using it as a weapon against what they believe to be the enemy. Thus, military conflict became an ideological dispute where many lives were caught in the crossfire. The change of focus towards an ideological approach led to an increase in cases of religious discrimination.

This increase in religious discrimination cases was particularly visible during the immigrants’ crisis during the war in Syria. Immigrants were crossing the Mediterranean sea to flee to Europe. During that time, in Europe, there were many bombings of airports all around the continent which were reportedly performed by terrorist groups in the name of religion. This lead to panic on the European continent and also to a major increase in religion-based discrimination cases. These acts of terror allegedly made in the name of religion had a huge impact on the way the adepts of the religion were seen.

Many times people see the ideology that hurt them instead of trying to get to know the person. Extremism in religion lead to the creation of a gap between people.

An act of courage


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There are many authorities that took a series of measures against hate speech, including the Council of Europe. Despite the efforts of such authorities to minimize the growth of this type of speech, the authorities face a dilemma as they cannot completely eliminate hate speech without eliminating the right to freedom of speech.

Besides the authorities who fight to tackle this issue, there are also several NGOs, like the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), who try to inform the people about the dangers of this way expression. WOSM aims to educate and inspire young people to have a positive attitude about the world they live in through the motto: „Creating a better world!”

During a neo-nazi protest in Brno, the Czech Republic, Lucie Myslíková, a sixteen-year-old girl, member of the WOSM, confronted a neo-nazi promoter. She was at the demonstration to peacefully protest against the neo-nazi ideas which promoted hate speech and a discriminatory and violent approach of racial diversity and peace.

A photographer caught her on camera while she was standing up to a neo-nazi participant to the protest. The photographs went viral, along with some fragments of the conversation heard by the photographer. Despite the attitude of the neo-nazi member, the girl kept her calm and tried to explain to him that people should not be treated differently based on where they come from or on the color of their skin.

This shows us that each of us is capable of an act of courage!

Discriminarea rasială


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Recent am fost martora unui caz care m-a marcat și m-a făcut să înțeleg faptul că deși trăim într-o societate modernă, acțiuniile noastre sunt guvernate de tot felul de prejudecăți. De curând am întalnit o persoană care a fost de atâtea ori discriminată pe considerente rasiale încât a ajuns să i se pară normal. Felul în care arătam este si prima impresie pe care o lăsăm celor din jur. Dar faptul că se ajunge la negarantarea anumitor drepturi doar din cauza felului în care arată o persoană este un abuz.

Modul acesta de a discrimina persoanele fără a încerca măcar să vedem cine sunt, ajunge să afecteze persoanle diferit, unii intră într-o stare de depresie, alții ajung să lupte avid împotriva acestei percepții, iar alții ajung să considere aceste aparent mici abuzuri ca și normalitate. Această persoană a ajuns în momentul în care considera că acest tip de comportament față de ea este normal, așa că nici nu mai încerca să protesteze în vreun fel.

În România discriminarea rasială este mereu prezentă. Deși este prezentă, foarte puțini dintre noi suntem într-adevăr atenți la ce se întâmplă în jurul nostru li poate nu o observăm întotdeauna. Din acest motiv, acest tip de comportament ajunge să treacă ușor, ușor în normalitate. Acest lucru afecteză întreaga societate și diminuează semnificativ șansele unei victime ale discriminării rasiale să raporteze aceste abuzuri. Ba mai mult, ajunge să obișnuiască victimele că acest tip de comportament este norma.

În ciuda acestei tendințe de normalizare a discriminării, noi ca societate ar trebui să semnalăm acest tip de abuzuri și să susținem victimele discriminării să nu perceapă acest comportament ca fiind unul normal. Felul cum arăți nu ar trebui să îți definească drepturile!

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