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    Eaquality and Diversity

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    Natasha Williamson P2- Describe discriminatory practise in health and social care. A) In this essay I will be writing about the bases of discrimination which may occur in a health and social care setting. The main bases of discrimination are culture‚ disabilities‚ age‚ social class‚ gender‚ sexuality‚ health status‚ family status and cognitive ability. These are reasons why people get discriminated by individuals and groups within a society‚ people who do this are trying to make others change

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    There are a number of bases of discrimination which are * Culture * Disability * Age * Social Class * Gender * Sexuality * Health status * Family status * Cognitive ability As a health and social care professional it is part of your role to understand the bases of discrimination and to make sure you don’t discriminate a individual in any sort of way as it can have a negative effect on the individual leading to further problems. Culture A person’s culture is

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    Castes are mainly found in India‚ some anthropologists might even argue that castes are strictly confined to India. A caste is essentially a system of dividing society into hereditary divisions. Most western observers see there being two parts; varna and jati. Varna is the belief that society is divided into priests‚ warriors‚ farmers‚ and merchants. The second term‚ jati‚ refers to local endogamous groups. Class‚ on the other hand‚ is a system of hierarchically arranged social groups based on economic

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    The Half Caste Sparknotes

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    Dinah Craik’s The Half-Caste appears to focus mainly on the role women play in Victorian society; however‚ beneath the surface‚ the novella is really about colonialism and the indifferent attitude this society had of it at the time. Through Zillah’s physical transformation‚ the importance of female beauty can be observed. When we are first introduced to Zillah‚ she is described as having a “dull‚ heavy face [with] the stupidity of an ultra-stupid child” (13)‚ and is called an “ugly little devil”

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    Half Cast Poem Essay

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    Explain how Agard uses language and form to put forward his point of view in the poem ‘half caste’ using examples from the poem. ‘Half caste’ is a performance poem written by a man named John Agard; a Jamaican who immigrated to England in 1977. He wrote this poem with the sole purpose of presenting his views on the derogatory term “half cast‚” which are aggressive towards the racist suggestion that anyone with a mixed race background should be considered as half a person. Agard uses repetition to

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    The Hindu Caste System

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    Caste System Throughout thousands of years in the Hindu religion‚ a person’s social class was determined immediately after they are born. This organisation was then later known as the Caste System. Caste members lived‚ married‚ and worked within their selected group. A person born into one caste was not allowed to change castes or associate with other members of a different caste. Rules and expectations were set for each caste‚ each caste had a clear and distinct role within the community. It does

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    The Caste System in India

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    The Caste System in India By : Justice Markandey Katju‚ Judge‚ Supreme Court of India The caste system is one of the greatest social evils plaguing our country today. It is acting as a powerful social and political divisive force in our country at a time when it is absolutely essential for us to be united if we wish to face our nation’s challenges. It is a curse on our country which must be speedily eradicated if we wish to progress. We may consider a few facts to realize how strongly caste

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    Questions On Caste System

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    | Work involving mostly mental activity is called:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | white-collar work. | Correct Answer: | white-collar work. | | | | | * Question 3 3 out of 3 points | | | The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | replaces one kind of inequality with another. | Correct Answer: | replaces one kind of inequality with another. |

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    Sociology http://soc.sagepub.com/ The Embodiment of Caste : Oppression‚ Protest and Change Hugo Gorringe and Irene Rafanell Sociology 2007 41: 97 DOI: 10.1177/0038038507074721 The online version of this article can be found at: http://soc.sagepub.com/content/41/1/97 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: British Sociological Association Additional services and information for Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://soc.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions:

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    Cited: Chakrabarty‚ Bidyut. Communal identity in India. New Delhi: OUP‚ 2003. Das‚ K.K.S. Dalit Prathyaya Sasthram (malayalam). thiruvanamthapuram: the state institute of language‚ 2011. Hutton‚ J.H. Caste in India: its nature‚ function and origins. bombay: oxford university press‚ 1983. Limbale‚ Sharan Kumar. The Outcaste akkarmashi. New Delhi: oxford university press‚ 2003. Limbale‚ Sharan Kumar. Towards an aesthetic of dalit literature. Nwe Delhi:

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