DISCRIMINATION

AND RACISM IN
UNITED KINGDOM

Motto: "Any normal and fair-minded person would have a perfect right
to be concerned if a group of Romanian people suddenly moved in next
door."
Nigel Farage
It is obvious that all of us
want to prosper, to have a
better
life,
a
better
education. Thats why, the
education in UK becomes
an available option, from
this point of view.

Britain seems to be a friendly space for

students of all countries, irrespective of
religion, colour, and the opportunity to
experience a unique culture, with cities
and rural landscapes.
I tried to find out more about opportunities to learn, live and work in
the Kingdom. I tried to find as many elements that help me in
understanding
all aspects of everyday life about people, about their way of being,
positive or negative aspects about these things.
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Historical aspects
Humanists accept the scientific theory of evolution,
which means that we, human beings are all members of
the same species, Homo Sapiens (which means "wise
man"!), and share the same ancestors. We also evolved as
social animals. This means that we live in large groups and
have to learn to work and get on with each other,
regardless of race, nationality, age, sex, religion or
appearance.
The first official restriction of immigration by people not of
British nationality, was designed to restrict the immigration of

Jews fleeing from persecution in Eastern Europe. Roman

Catholics were unable to stand for Parliament until 1829,
despite their substantial numbers in the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland; or Jews until 1859. Buggery became
a hanging offence in 1533 and by the early nineteenth century
more men were hanged for homosexual offences than for
murder. Gypsies have been simultaneously romanticised and
marginalised throughout recorded history.

Definitions

Stereotypes are beliefs about psychological characteristics

and / or
behaviour of certain categories of individuals or social groups
(sex, age, ethnic, religious, etc.).
Prejudice is an attitude connected to a person or a group of
people.
Discrimination is the action taken by individuals or institutions on
the basis of prejudice.

The term discriminate appeared in the early 17th century in the

English language. It is from the Latin discriminat- 'distinguished
between', from the verb discriminare, from discrimen 'distinction',
from the verb discernere .

Types of discrimination
Of

age, or ageism
Disability
Regarding employment
Language
Nationality
Race and ethnicity
Regional or geographic discrimination
Religious beliefs
Sex, gender, and gender identity (sexism)
Sexual orientation
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Racism

Racism

is the belief that certain people

are superior because they belong to a
particular race.
The racism can be defined as the pride
in the own racial group and preference
for the distinctive features of that group
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History
Racism

was born in the slave trade in

the seventeenth-eighteenth century.

Racial differences
Throughout

the
16th, 17th and
18th centuries,
people used
different terms to
explain racial
differences.

British Nationality Act 1948

Citizens of British colonies were granted United

Kingdom citizenship under the Nationality Act of
1948, which meant that workers from the West
Indies and Pakistan could come to Britain and
stay for as long as they liked. The British
Nationality Act 1948 was an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom that created
the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and
Colonies" (CUKC) as the national citizenship of
the United Kingdom and its colonies.
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Types of Racism
Racism

can exist at many levels:

individual, institutional and cultural.
Racism can take two forms: visible and
hidden.

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Stephen Lawrence
On

22 April 1993, Stephen

Lawrence was stabbed to
death at a bus stop in
South London in an
unprovoked, racist attack.
The police were heavily
criticised for their conduct
of the investigation and
no one has ever been
convicted for the crime.
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Achim Beck vs. CIBC

Achim

Beck, an investment banker,

successfully sued his employer for
sacking him because the company
wanted a "younger" person to do his
job.

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<Motivation> for racism ?

Colour immigrants
steal jobs of true-born
British. You can not be
sure of the future of
your children.
Black immigrants
impose an
unacceptable culture
on Britain.
British way of life will
suffer
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Discrimination against
Romanians in United
Kingdom

Twenty Romanian families were

forced from their homes in
Lisburn Road, Belfast, in
Northern Ireland. Up to 115
people, including women and
children, were forced to seek
refuge in a local church hall after
being attacked;
In 2013, the Daily Express
newspaper launched a 'Crusade'
against new European Union
migrants from Bulgaria and
Romania .

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Final
conclusions

Racial

discrimination is now a legal offence in

the UK and these civil and human rights are
afforded to every man, woman and child ;
It is also an offence to discriminate on the
grounds of religion, sexuality, gender and
disability. Discrimination for any of these
reasons can lead to legal consequences.
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Thank you for your attention

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