One of the most predominant forms of prejudice and discrimination is racism. The Ku Klux Klan was a group of terrorists who believed in the inferiority of blacks and therefore resented the rise of former slaves to a status of civil equality and often to positions of political power. However not only did they discriminate against blacks it also included Roman Catholics and Jews, who were increasingly made targets of taunting and persecution by the Klan. The Ku Klux Klan, also known as the ‘KKK’, is an example of obvious prejudice and discrimination taken to an extreme.

Another form of obvious racism occurred in our society after September 11th, 2001. It stirred up much controversy about who was to blame for the tragedy and why they would do such a thing. Since then, the United States, as well as Canada has started to increase security in airports and border crossings. Since the Middle East have, lets say, been ‘pointed the finger at’ by the U.S., it is now harder f

A more subtle form of sexism occurs in many co-ed sports leagues. In co-ed basketball and hockey, the rules seemed to get bent a little bit depending on your sex. For example, in co-ed hockey teams, if a female were to score it would count as two goals, whereas if a male were to score it would only count as one. Also, in co-ed basketball leagues only the females were allowed in the key for rebounds, the males had to stay outside. Pay gap, stereotyping and sports rules are all examples of how prejudice and discrimination can be subtle or obvious in our lives.

or them to immigrate for the risk of terrorism.  Did you know that 48% of 1,209 Canadians polled said that they would agree with racial profiling for interest of security? Middle Eastern people are the victims of prejudice and that is only because of North Americans looking at everyone who wears a turban or has a long beard as an Al-Qaeda warrior. Society needs to realize that these people are just as innocent as the rest of North America, and they immigrated here for the simple fact that their lives are in danger with the wars and terrorism happening in their country.

Ageism does not only include discrimination against the elderly. There has also been a lot of upset lately about teenagers and how they are all punks who get into the wrong crowds. Some of this is true, however the majority of teens between fourteen and eighteen are on the right pat

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