Year 11 - Religious education
Ethical arguments related to racial discrimination
Religion, human rights and social justice
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will examine ideas of human rights and reponsibilities. They will examine ideas of religious expression, the status of women and issues related to wealth and charity. Pupils will gain an understanding of different religious and non-religious responses to these issues.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain racism and key ethical arguments about justice and equality.
Key Notes
- Racism can be individual or systemic, rooted in bias, history and structures, and continues despite legal protections.
- White privilege and positive action reveal ongoing inequality and ways to address it.
- Windrush, the Bristol Bus Boycott and Black Lives Matter expose past and present racial injustice.
- Ethical responses include human rights, virtue ethics and utilitarianism.
- Key debates include fairness in positive action, limits on racist speech, and the role of anti-racism.
Vocabulary To Learn
- discrimination: actions that come from prejudice attitudes
- equality: belief that everyone is equal in value and worth
- justice: what is right and fair
- positive action: taking steps to support underrepresented groups, such as encouraging applications from ethnic minority candidates in fields where they are underrepresented
- racism: prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed at someone based on their race, ethnicity or skin colour
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Racism only exists when someone deliberately says or does something hateful.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Racism can be individual or systemic, rooted in bias, history and structures, and continues despite legal protections. White privilege and positive action reveal ongoing inequality and ways to address it.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'discrimination'
actions that come from prejudice attitudes.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Racism only exists when someone deliberately says or does something hateful. Correction: Racism can also be unconscious, indirect or systemic. It includes things like biased policies, underrepresentation, microaggressions and privilege.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Attitudes to wealth and its uses Study Guide
- Charity and issues with giving money to people living in poverty Study Guide
- Different religious views about freedom of religious expression Study Guide
- Different religious views about the status of women in religion Study Guide
- Different religious views about the uses of wealth Study Guide
- Exploitation of people living in poverty including people-trafficking Study Guide
- Exploitation of people living in poverty; fair pay and interest on loans Study Guide
- Freedom of religious expression Study Guide
- Human rights and responsibilities Study Guide
- Prejudice and discrimination in religion and belief Study Guide
- Racial prejudice and discrimination Study Guide
- Social justice Study Guide
- Tackling poverty and its causes Study Guide
- The responsibility of those in poverty to overcome difficulties Study Guide
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