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"In order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters through which one perceives the world." Discuss and evaluate this claim.
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"In order to find out how things really are, one must understand the filters through which one perceives the world." Discuss and evaluate this claim. Shawn Toreson January 20, 2003 Mr. Vicente 1546 Words When one perceives the world, there are countless amounts of filters that block a person's mind as we distinguish and attempt to understand how things really are. Our ethical background, cultural perception, and education attained, are examples of filters that can cloud our minds. These filters or thoughts can be exposed in any form of biases, prejudices, or stereotypes, such as: racial and cultural discrimination, classism, ageism, sexism, and religious intolerance. To begin with, racial and cultural discrimination occurs when someone is treated unfairly because of their race, colour, ethnicity or nationality apart from how someone of a different race would be treated in a similar situation. This type of discrimination is known as 'direct racial discrimination'1. An example of direct...
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