Christian teachings about discrimination and prejudice

... Year 10 Religious Studies coursework Religion and equality Kelly-Marie Taylor A. Describe the Christian teachings about discrimination and prejudice Prejudice is the act of prejudging someone or something, and usually implies judging another person to be of less worth or value, based on little or no actual knowledge of them. Discrimination is when people are treated badly by others because of prejudice. An example of prejudging is an employer saying, "He won't do his job well because he is black", and an example of discrimination is when an employer says, "I won't employ him because he is black". In Britain today racial discrimination is against the law but prejudicing is not because an attitude cannot be made illegal. Prejudice can be about many different things: religion, race, colour, sex, sexuality, language, disability and age. All prejudice and discrimination goes against the first two Articles of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights: article

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