Christianity and Racism
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show racism the red card'
. Introduction The following report is part of the module In-Company Project which is to complete the Bachelor in Management at the University . The project is in cooperation with the campaign 'show racism the red card'. Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racist charity which was established in January 1996 with the aim of using Professional footballers as anti-racist role models. Although racism is on the decline in professional football, it is unfortunately on the increase in British and indeed European society. The aim of the campaign is to combat racism through anti-racist education and professional footballers are showing the way in terms of making a stand and fighting racism. (www.srtrc.org) The contribution of the project is a research study about the entry barriers for black and ethnic minorities to enter in a football club, especially for the youth. It attempts to identify the fundamental reasons why so few football players in Scotland are from ethnic minorities. The research study covers selected clubs from the Scottish Premier League (SPL) 2. Aim & Objectives The aim of the project is: Try to find reasons - or even hypotheses - as to why so few football players in Scotland are from ethnic minorities. The real difficulty lies indeed not in determining what objectives we need, but in deciding how to set them. There is only one fruitful way to make this
Explain how followers of this religion the Christian Perspective on Race into Practice
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Discussing the religion Islam, the fundamentals of Islam, and how people follow the teachings in the modern society.
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Simon and Christianity
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Describe the teachings about the sanctity of life according to Christianity and Islam.
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I have chosen to carry out my investigation on 'racism' - The hypothesis I have set myself is 'Racism is Wrong'.
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Describe the part which music plays in the worship and spiritual life of Christianity
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Examine Maya’s portrayal of the Black Community in the USA- What do you feel are the positive/negative aspects of being Black according to her account.
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Oral Assignment Have you ever felt life was helpless?
English speaking and Listening Have you ever felt life was helpless? Have you ever lost all hope? Have you ever wondered weather God had abandoned you, leaving you to face this world alone? I have. Who am I? My name is Antonio. It means .....I am now an orphan. No mother, no father. My parents passed away, leaving me at nine years of age, along with my sister.... My mother died of a disease. I don't even know what it was called. The death of my mother tore us apart. Life was different after her death and it was difficult for us to move on. There were some, like my father, who were never able to accept it. This pain, causing him to die, leaving his two children behind. Both of our parents are now gone. No one to turn to, because the rest of the family turned their back on us. They've never really accepted us. They always said that my mother and father were never meant to be. Thinking that both parents dying in the period of a year was the worst to possibly happen to little boy like me, but no, life got even worse. My sister and I ended up in the streets of Brazil. Lying there, sleeping during the day and begging at night. But all the begging never got us anywhere. People didn't even have enough for themselves, talking about enough for someone else. Living in the streets was horrible and scary, especially at night. You will never know how dangerous it is, till the danger