The media also occasionally brings to the publics’ attention that they need to watch their weight. Making movies like shallow Hal is a good scheme to show that fat people are not different but it does not show the importance of health. Of course over weight people are not different, they are humans just like you and me but they should be encouraged to loose weight.
2) “Never judge a book by it’s cover” Explain this saying
This saying is trying to point out that you shouldn’t look at what is on the outside of a person i.e. grossest size but look at something that is on the inside such as personality. It has been said that this is a saying used by ugly people but I think that is wrong. It is not what is on the outside of a person but what is on the inside.
A person might be a super model on the outside but quite possibly on the inside he/she could be a devil. The saying is true is quite a lot of cases but it also can be untrue as someone on the outside could look nice and could be nice on the inside as well. This is what Shallow Hal tries to prove by the fact that it shows that in reality the woman is actually fat but to Hal she appears to be very attractive, showing that personality is perhaps more important that what someone looks like.
3. Definitions
Stereotype: “A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image”
Racism: “The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.”
“Discrimination or prejudice based on race”
Discrimination: “Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners.”
Glass Ceiling: “An unacknowledged discriminatory barrier that prevents women and minorities from rising to positions of power or responsibility, as within a corporation.”
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. When was the last time you discriminated against someone? Be honest when writing your answer.
The last time I discriminated against someone was because of their disability. A friends’ sister was in a wheel chair and wanted to play rugby. But I said no you can’t your disabled. She wanted to play and said if I didn’t let her play then I was being prejudice. So I let her play.
When she started playing within 5 seconds of starting someone had tackled her and she had fallen out of her wheel chair and had broken a bone in her leg. I told her that I was right and she was wrong but she was unable to say anything.
I did discriminate but I think that it was for the right reasons, showing that sometimes some people cannot do something for the right reasons i.e. health and safety. She ended up being ok in the end and now plays non-contact rugby.
By Waleed Butt 10P