Module 4 LEARNING POINT 8

LEARNING POINT 8 (10 min.) 

Watch the video explaining what discrimination is, then read the text. 

a) 

b) text: 

Discrimination implies (1) social actors as perpetrators that belong to a specific social or cultural group; (2) specific persons or groups of persons affected by the discrimination; (3) the discriminating action or process; (4) the “distinguishing feature” or peg on which to hang the discrimination (for example, "race," "gender," "language," or “sexual orientation"); and (5) a comparative figure or group in comparison to which or to whom somebody is discriminated against (Reisigl, 2009, p. 366).