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Title: Equality and equity


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Equality and equity
Equality and Equity 1
  • Co-operative values 5-6

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Equality Equity
  • What is the difference between the two words?

3
What is the difference ?
  • Equality all humans having the same rights and
    status in theory
  • Equity the application of the principle of
    fairness in practice

I am going to make sure I treat everyone the same
I believe everyone should be equal
4
Equality criteriawhat do we mean ?
Can you think of any more?
5
Inequality
  • Sexism
  • Racism
  • Ageism

What do these mean ?
6
Equality an impossible dream ?
You cant stop people thinking that they are
better than others
We are part of nature and in nature its survival
of the fittest so we can never all be equal
God obviously likes some people more than others
Humans are all different so you will never get
real equality
Some people will always be cleverer, richer,
stronger so whats the point of trying to get
equality ?
Might is right thats what I think
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Inequality how does it happen?
Majority group
Minority
Stereotyping generalisation seeing everyone
in a group the same way
Prejudice prejudging someone before you meet
them ( in your mind )
Discrimination treating people from a group
differently or unequally
Separation or concentration forcing a group to
live apart eg. apartheid
Extermination or Genocide trying to kill a
whole group of people
Is there any way to stop this?
8
School
  • Is there any inequality in school ?

9
Local community
  • Is there any inequality in the local area?
  • Is there any inequality in your closest large
    town?
  • Is there any inequality in the UK?
  • Is there any inequality in the world?

10
Race / ethnicity
  • What do we mean by race ?
  • Are all races equal ?
  • Are all races treated equally ?

11
Ethnic minorities in the UK
  • White 92
  • White 1.2
  • Indian 1.8
  • Pakistani 1.3
  • Bangladeshi 0.5
  • Other Asian 0.4
  • Black Caribbean 1
  • Black African 0.8
  • Black other 0.2
  • Chinese 0.4
  • Other 0.4

Total Ethnic minorities 8
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Anti racism
  • How can we ensure that different races and
    ethnicities are treated equally?
  • How can we stop or reduce racism?

13
Sex / gender
  • What do we mean by sex / gender?
  • Are men and women equal?
  • Are they treated equally?

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Can both men women do these jobs?
  • Rugby player
  • Doctor
  • Nurse
  • Nursery school teacher
  • Soldier
  • Pilot
  • Football player
  • Football referee
  • Car mechanic
  • Wrestler / boxer
  • Prime minister
  • Entrepreneur
  • Cleaner
  • Chef

Can you think of any that men or women can not do
?
15
Religion
  • Are all religions equal?
  • Is one religion better than another?
  • Are all religions treated equally?

16
Religions In Britain
  • Christian 72
  • Hindu 1
  • Buddhist 0.3
  • Jewish 0.5
  • Muslim 2.7
  • Sikh 0.6
  • Other religions 0.3
  • No religion 15.5
  • Not stated 7.3
  • The UK population by religion, April 2001
    Census

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Atheism ( or agnosticism )
  • What do these mean ?
  • Should they be treated the same as religious
    believers?
  • Should they be allowed to publish their views ?
  • Should they be allowed to argue against religion
    ?
  • Should they be allowed to make fun of God ?

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Social Group / class
D you think this is true ? Is this how we are
all grouped?
What is the difference between each group ?
Which class are you in?
19
Age
  • Are all ages treated equally?
  • Should all ages be treated equally?
  • When should children be treated as adults? What
    age?
  • Should old people be treated any differently to
    younger people?

20
Disability
  • Should disabled people be treated the same as
    able bodied people?
  • Are they treated equally?

21
Solutions how can we achieve equality and
equity?
What do you think is the answer ? Is there one
answer or many ? What stops us achieving real
equality?
22
Possible solutions ????
What do these all mean ? Can you think of any
more ?
  • Equal opportunities monitoring
  • Anti discrimination legislation
  • Equal pay laws
  • Outlawing racist groups
  • Mixed Schools
  • Learning from History
  • Celebrating diversity and multi-culturalism
  • Positive discrimination
  • Quotas of ethnic minorities in public positions

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Things to do
Can you design an anti racism logo?
Research Hitler Nazi Germany South Africa
Apartheid Civil Rights in America Suffragettes /
suffragists in Britain
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