INEQUALITY IN SOCIETY

Inequality in society and the significance of inclusive and anti discriminatory policy

Inequality in society and the significance of inclusive and anti discriminatory policy

Introduction

In this assignment will highlight how inequality prevails in the society and the significance of inclusive and anti discriminatory policy. Identification of the key issues in both scenarios and possible suggestions will be made. Strengths and challenges that are faced by practitioners during the policy's implementation will be identified.

Section A

The study of inequality seeks to analyze the causes, contexts, conditions, and outcomes of disparities between two or more groups over a given number of variables. It differs from a study of difference insofar as the former assumes a quantifiable progression from worse off to better off in some respects relevant to the human sciences. Inequality is most commonly explained with reference to genetic predisposition, individual action, and social forces, or some combination of the three that leads to disparities between two or more unequal individuals or groups. The means of quantifying inequality are often quite sophisticated, and are consistently used to analyze the development of a given group relative to its own past and relative to the situation of others within a time frame.

Inequality in Society

Inequality in a society can be depicted in different forms via education, employment, income and resources. Certain individuals can take up certain jobs or use available resources because of their race, or ethnic background. This is supported by Brown (1998: 54) who says that even though it is agreed that the education system should render equality opportunities, it is amazing because, in some instances, it is set in a way that it benefits the middle class and White, able bodied boys and girls.

This reflects how children in an equitable society access the curriculum. In addition to this, some children are declined access because they are either disabled, or of a certain race, or ethnic background. Blatchford (2000: 45) supports by saying that inequality can be through curriculum or policy implementation which favour of certain pupils or group within a setting.

Racism is one of the most common prejudices in a society which perpetrates inequality. "Donnellan" (2001: 13) defines racism as beliefs or assumptions that individuals hold towards those different from them either in skin colour, language, religion or ethnic background, to mention a few.

Even though, the law safeguards individuals from racism however, in some places discrimination is prevalent either direct or indirect. Such places include schools, workplaces, public transport and others. As a trainee teacher, it is important to know that children come to school from different backgrounds with different values and beliefs. Some might be from stereotyping families, of which such children can perpetrate that unknowingly or knowingly when enrol in schools. Connolly (1998: 66) advocates that the way one has been oriented affects how one think about and interact with others.

Key Issues in the Scenario

In response to the scenario of name calling, the class teacher was supposed to act professionally and resolve it promptly before it was ...