Examples Of Discrimination In Othello

Throughout “Othello”, acts of discrimination against race and ideas appear frequently, causing events that result in tragedy. Today, discrimination is talked about among many news networks and all over social media. One group that is being marginalized today is people that are disabled. They are marginalized for being, looking, and acting differently than the average person, causing behaviors that can be hurtful or abusive to them. In addition, they are discriminated by doctors who offer and give abortion s for those having a disabled child and not giving them a chance to live. Finally, setting up simple programs to encourage disabled people in an accepting environment can help change the way people think about the disabled.
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For example, one of the many disabilities that appears today is down syndrome. Doctors can tell if a child in the womb has the disability by taking an xray and observing the neck of the child. If he or she has a thickening of the neck, the doctors will say that the child most likely has down syndrome and will offer to the parents, if they would like, an abortion. What is disturbing is because they think that the child does not meet the normal standards for an average human being’s health, they think that the child is unfit to live. A family had the same problem with their child, and they were asked if they would like to have the child aborted. The family decided to keep the child and have her live. When she was born, she was healthy and perfectly fine. Although a child might develop a disability when growing, this does not mean that they should be killed and not be cared about. They are still children like everyone else in this world, and they deserve a fair shot at life. We are all in this together, and if people cannot realize that, how are we supposed to live happily with other people in this world if we cannot accept children with