Discrimination - Cases study by Dariusz Grzemny

1. Is it discrimination?
Is it racism?

2. The Security Personal of the bar-restaurant
“Four Roses” is advised to hinder Roma People
entering the place. The argument of the
owner, why he decided to do so, is that there
were quite a lot of robberies in the restaurant
within the last months and that he wants his
guests to feel secure.

3. Announcement in the newspaper
Apartment for rent. 75 m2, 2 ½ chambers
with balcony.
Kitchen, Bathroom adapted completely new.
Only for married couples.

4. Mr. Schulze, German citizen, was sent to work
for an affiliated company of his German
enterprise in London. From the beginning he
was treated in an uncomfortable way by his
colleagues. After two weeks they started to
greet him with “Heil Hitler” including the form
of salutation.

5. A blind woman has booked a minicab. When the
minicab arrives, the driver asks her to pay the
fare in advance, something which he would not
require from other passengers.

6. Anna went for a job interview. She felt she did
very well. During the interview the person
who was interviewing her asked her if she
plans to have a child within the next 2 years.
She responded that she is not sure. After 3
weeks she received the letter that she was not
accepted for a job. She thinks it is because she
said she wanted to have a baby

7. Sergio went to the donors centre with the intention
to donate his Marrow. First, he had to go for an
interview. he received the questionnaire. One of
the question was as follows: “In order to prevent
the future Patients who will receive your marrow
form any risk of getting infectious and sexually
transmitted diseases such as HIV and AIDS, please
specify if you are: a) Gay or lesbian, B) sex worker.
Please keep in mind that positive answer to any
of these questions disqualifies you from being a
donor”. Sergio is gay.

8. Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson on B. Obama’s
last week decision to support gay marriages:
(Facebook)
The only opinion that counts is God’s: Leviticus
20:13 reads: "If a man has sexual relations with a
man as one does with a woman, both of them
have done what is detestable. They are to be put
to death; their blood will be on their own heads."

9. An entry in Facebook:
What’s the difference between a Jew and a
pizza?
a pizza doesn't scream when it goes in the oven

10. Jerry Vines (American pastor) in the debate on
Islam: "Christianity was founded by the virgin-
born Jesus Christ. Islam was founded by
Mohammed, a demon-possessed pedophile
who had 12 wives, and his last one was a 9-
year-old girl.”

11. Announcement in the newspaper
Do you want to start a career
within a leading enterprise of the
electricity branch?
We offer apprenticeships to young
people who want to start their job
career within a booming branch.
Preferably young people with a Roma
background.

12. direct discrimination shall be taken to occur
where one person is treated less favourably than
another is, has been or would be treated in a
comparable situation, on any of the grounds

13. indirect discrimination shall be taken to occur
where an apparently neutral provision, criterion
or practice would put persons having a
particular religion or belief, a particular
disability, a particular age, or a particular sexual
orientation at a particular disadvantage
compared with other persons

14. Racism
the belief that all members of each race
possess characteristics, abilities, or
qualities specific to that race, especially so
as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to
another race or races
Oxford Dictionary

15. Racism
the term “racial discrimination” shall mean any
distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference
based on race, colour, descent, or national or
ethnic origin that has the purpose or effect of
nullifying or impairing the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of
human rights and fundamental freedoms in the
political, economic, social, cultural or any other
field of public life.
United Nations Convention on the Elimination

16. An inclusive society is defined as one where all people
feel valued, their differences are respected, and their
basic needs are met so they can live in dignity. Social
exclusion is the process of being shut out from the social,
economic, political and cultural systems which contribute
to the integration of a person into the community (Cappo
2002).