PHI232 (Ethics)
ALM
03 October (Tuesday) 2023
CADET BARBIN, MAM
SEC ‘L’ “C” COY
Lesson # 22: Equality and Discrimination
1. Read chapter 13 of the Textbook (soft copy), and answer/do the following (in your own
words):
a. What is Unjust Discrimination?
Answer: It is the unexplained differential treatment towards other on the basis of
their “race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.”
b. What is Racism?
Answer: Racism sets people of one race apart from people of other races, leading to
demarcations between “us” and “them”. Racism involves not only making
distinctions and grouping people, but also denigration. It involves beliefs that all
persons of a certain race are inferior to persons of other races in some way.
Answer:
c. What makes Racism wrong?
Answer: What makes racism wrong is that it involves making false judgments about
people and their worth.
d. What is structural racism?
Answer:
Structural racism occurs when social structures and institutions are set up in ways
that are oppressive or produce unequal outcomes.
e. State in Filipino the “Principle of Equality.”
Answer:
The principle of equality is the idea that we should treat equal things in equal ways
and that we may treat different things in unequal ways
f. What is “Profiling”? Give an example.
Answer: Profiling hap pens when law enforcement agencies treat individuals as
suspects simply because of their race, ethnicity, religion, or other traits. . One
example of this is so-called stop-and-frisk policing, in which police stop individuals
and search for contraband or illegal activity. Although not obviously a form of racial
profiling.
g. What is “hate crime”?
Answer:
According to the FBI, criminal offense against a person or property motivated in
whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic
origin or sexual orientation.”
2. Go to YouTube. Watch/listen to Black-eyed Peas’ “Where is the love?” Sing it. Then, write
your reflections on the song—at least one page, size A4, font Calibri # 12, double-spaced.
3.
Answer:
For background, “Where Is the Love” is a song by The Black Eyed Peas that reflects on
the September 11th attacks and the United States’ response to terrorism. It explicitly addresses
various social justice issues such as the protest of unnecessary violence, police brutality, and
discrimination based on race (including refugee and immigration issues), gender and religious
beliefs across the world.
I want to quote a lyric from the song “Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight.
Take control of your mind and meditate.” We have enough hate in this world. It is becoming a
dangerous place as the song says: Nations droppin' bombs, chemical gases filling lungs of little
ones. It is scary to think that as time passes by, we are always inching towards the possibility of
war.
It is finally time to foster love and cultivate peace. All the bad things this world brings,
makes you want to question is there any good that is to come? Is there any love with all the
indifference? Is there kindness in the midst of spite?
If only people prioritized love and kindness above all else, the world would be a little
nicer. Perhaps we would see the world in a different light and maybe, just maybe, there would be
change.
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