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Module V: Discrimination

Pre-Viewing Activity: Student Handout

Before viewing the program consider these questions

• What is discrimination? On what basis are people discriminated against?
• What examples of discrimination do you see in your school? Community? Nation?
• How can discrimination negatively effect not only the person discriminated against, but also the person acting in a discriminatory way?

Cause and Effect Brainstorm
People discriminate when they make choices. Choosing to be a vegetarian rather than eat meat is a person's discriminating choice regarding diet. But people-targeted discrimination that involves such things as race, class, gender, sexual preference etc. results in depriving others of their rights and respect as human beings. Some negative acts of discrimination are obvious and public. Others are much more subtle and private. Both have an affect on the person who is the target of the discrimination. Use the Cause and Effect chart below to brainstorm causes/targets of discrimination, different types of acts associated with this form of discrimination, and the effects on those discriminated against.

Cause - Targeted Person or Group	Direct Acts of Discrimination	Subtle Acts of Discrimination	The Effect on People Targeted