Understanding Inequalities- introduction to concepts and the role of language (weeks 1 and 2)

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In which year was the Equal pay act created?
1970
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In what year introduced the Special Educational Needs and Disability act?
2001
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The 2010 Equality act
was introduced with the aim of harmonising discrimination law, to strengthen progress on equality, replacing existing equality legislation.
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Who states that “whereas prejudice is about the ideas we hold of others who are different from us and about the negative assumptions and prejudice we might make about them, discrimination is about the way we act”?
Clements and Spinks
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What is stereotyping?
A part of prejudice involving a belief that all members of a particular group share certain characteristics
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How do Clements and Spinks define reflective thinking?
‘the ability to think back on our attitudes, values and behaviour and to think through our experiences honestly.’
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9) Who created the PCS model which identifies that discrimination can occur on three levels, personal, cultural and structural?
Thompson
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10) According to Clements and Spinks the main roots of prejudice are?
Ignorance, Power, Vulnerability, Upbringing and Conformity
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What are 6 skills for overcoming prejudice?
Empathy, understanding, raised awareness, sensitivity, considering the consequence and a desire to be fair
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Who discusses the characteristics of elegant challenging?
Thompson
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What are the protected characteristics of the equality act?
Age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief (including lack of), sex, sexual orientation
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15) What are the two fundamental principles of ensuring language that we use is fair?
Sensitive and appropriate/relevant
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Who advises that ‘labels have the effect of preventing any other classification of the person or group, yet no single label can ever describe all there is to know about a person’?
Clements and Spinks
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17) Allport provides an example of an instance where the impact of labelling is exceedingly powerful what does this involve?
A man with sight impairment going for a telesales job and being confronted with “but you’re a blind man”
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18) According to the Office for National statistics how is the population spread in the UK?
England- 84%, Wales-5%, Scotland-8.5% and Northern Ireland less than 3%
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19) According to Stonewall what percentage of young LGB people said they regularly hear Homophobic phrases such as ‘that’s so gay’ or ‘you’re so gay’?
98%
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20) What percentage of secondary school teachers report hearing the phrases ‘that’s so gay’ or ‘you’re so gay’?
95%
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