💡 Did you know?

Nearly 18% of people aged 18 years or over said that they felt discriminated against in the two years prior to interview.

Discrimination occurs when a person is unable to enjoy his or her human rights or other legal rights on an equal basis with others because of an unjustified distinction made in policy, law or treatment.

Racism affects virtually every country in the world. It systematically denies people their full human rights just because of their colour, race, ethnicity, descent (including caste) or national origin. Racism unchecked can fuel large-scale atrocities such as the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and more recently, apartheid and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people in Myanmar.

INTRODUCTION:

We all have the right to be treated equally, regardless of our race, ethnicity, nationality, class, caste, religion, belief, sex, gender, language, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, age, health or other status. Yet all too often we hear heartbreaking stories of people who suffer cruelty simply for belonging to a “different” group from those in positions of privilege or power.

Have you ever heard of discrimination? Racism? Africans? In this lesson, we will talk more of these things. How people in Africa lived and survived a kind of chaotic world starting from their ancestors up until in today's generation.

As you go along this lesson, you'll appreciate the value of words as a positive and powerful tool to inspire, reconnect and unite a nation.