GLOSSARY
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Prejudice :
An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
Source : Cambridge Dictionary
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Prejudice is an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a preference for one group of people or things over another.
Source : Collins Dictionary
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Awareness :
Knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience.
Source : Cambridge Dictionary
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Discrimination :
Treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc.
Source : Cambridge Dictionary
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Discrimination is the practice of treating one person or group of people less fairly or less well than other people or groups.
Source : Collins Dictionary
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Gender equality :
The act of treating women and men equally
Source : Cambridge Dictionary
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Homophobia is a strong and unreasonable dislike of gay people.
Source : Collins Dictionary
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A fear or dislike of gay people.
Source : Cambridge Dictionary
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Racism :
Policies, behaviours, rules, etc. that result in a continued unfair advantage to some people
and unfair or harmful treatment of others based on race.
Source : Cambridge Dictionary
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Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief. Racism also refers to the aspects of a society which prevent people of some racial groups from having the same privileges and opportunities as people from other races.
Source : Collins Dictionary
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Stereotype :
A set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong.
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A stereotype is a fixed general image or set of characteristics that a lot of people believe represent a particular type of person or thing.
Source : Collins Dictionary
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