illegal to treat
someone different
because of their race,
colour, nationality,
culture to origin.
provides redress, training,gives support
during tribunals and monitors behaviour.
this law if it is broken then a person is punished this is called
redress. People are penalised of their actions (discrimination).
stops people being treated less favourably due to race, religion, ethnicity, national origins.
makes it unlawful to
discriminate in fields of
employment, housing,
education and services.
insures policies and processed are implanted
work as guidelines for the service providers.
eliminates racial discrimination.
promotes good relationship between different racial groups.
public services such as
the NHS must make them
sleeves accessible to all
types of people.
eliminates direct discrimination.
unlawful to apply discriminatory practices, publish
discriminatory advertisements, instruct or put pressure
on a person to do anything contrary to the RRO by
discriminating in employment or other fields, or to
knowingly aid another person to carry out such acts.
disadvantage
introduces direct and indirect discrimination, victimisation and harassment
expensive to take to court for both parties
laws are passed
but hard to monitor
and prove indirect
discrimination.
to seek redress the individual
must be aware of the their rights
and the race relation act.
complaining can lead to victimisation in the work place.
Racist attacks and violence are serious criminal
offences covered by the criminal law, not the Race
Relations Act.
positive discrimination is acceptable however the
act states that any racial discrimination isn't
acceptable therefor this causes confusion for
citizens.
examples
direct discrimination - treating an INDIVIDUAL less favourably
'you can no work here because you are from Poland'
indirect discrimination - rules or conditions stop a person from accessing
opportunities and this therefor affects a GROUP of individuals. 'you will have
to wear a hard hat to work here, so you will have to remove your headgear.
victimisation - penalised for highlighting
discrimination or being a witness to it in court 'you
have to leave because you have made a complaint'
harassment - continuing to be a nuance and
cause discomfit this could be in the form of
nicknames 'calling a bold hindu ghandi'