If you could draft a law against racial/sexual discrimination what would it say??

Answer 1

The problem with the law in this area, is that it is, in effect, trying to tell people how to think. Ultimately, therefore, I do not think that you can bring about change through legislation. In fact, you could make things worse, because, by forcing people to repress their true feelings, you build up frustration and anger, which could eventually result in open hostility. I certainly do not believe in positive discrimination, because this would accelerate the negative process. As one other respondant has pointed out, there is already enough legislation in this area, and you have to ask yourself, why do we feel that we need anti discriminatory legislation?

Answer 2

Here in the USA, yes. The trick is in proving that's what happened. Sometimes a muslim gets turned away by someone too dumb to hide his religious discrimination and he'll tell Allah and everyone on a video camera, and when there are a thousand witnesses around, that he won't hire muslims. If that's your situation, well, then when you file a lawsuit, it's pretty much just a conversation between your lawyer and his lawyer about how much money you want. Sometimes they'll be a bit more sly about things, and that makes proving religious discrimination more difficult. But strictly speaking -- there isn't a law against religious discrimination against muslims. But there is a law against religious discrimination against any member of any religion. Here in the USA, anyway. And it works both ways. If a muslim runs a company, he can't refuse to hire Jews. Or Christians. Or atheists. Or Buddists. But if a Muslim business owner needs a licensed plumber, and 9 muslims apply for the job who aren't licensed plumbers and one Christian who is a licensed plumber applies, he probably will have to hire the Christian plumber, unless there is a good reason why he shouldn't hire the Christian, other than religion. It's best not to ask about religion during a job interview. It will save you lots of headaches from lawsuits. Best wishes,

Answer 3

it would really hard to put this into law because its not that simple. the government can control what people do, but they can never directly control what people think.

so there are laws against discrimination such as with jobs. an employer is not allowed to discriminate upon those things but really, we're all human and theres no way you could eliminate a person's way of thinking through a law. even with this law, women are still being paid less.

i think that there's no way discrimination can stopped so suddenly.

the money for the cause should instead be used to fund schools....because the more educated we are of the world, the more understanding we would all be towards other cultures.

Answer 4

No matter how it is drafted there is no enforceable law that can overcome the xenophobic hatred of other races and long held opinions of the opposite gender. You cannot legislate against attitudes. These feelings and actions are the result of total ignorance, religion and indoctrination within the family. The only way to remove these stains on our society is through education however slow that may be. There is no legal "quick fix" I am sorry to say.

Answer 5

The problem i see is with the word 'discriminate' To discriminate is to choose... so if I choose to eat chinese food instead of a hamburger, am i guilty of racial discrimination? If I have two qualified applicants for a job I need to fill, one black and one white with equal qualifications, would I need to worry about being accused of racial discrimination if I choose one over the other?

Answer 6

Come on , Lazy Dazy --Draft a Law ??? If we have many more "Laws" we will soon have LAWS relating when to go to Sleep -- Wake up - Clean Our Teeth - Have a Bath - go to the Toilet - use the Telephone --send E Mails - Speak to each other --- Bloody Hell------the Last thing we need are "MORE LAWS"

Answer 7

It would give statutory powers to stop the promotion of homosexuality as the 'norm' to primary school children.This country and it's government are sick and depraved and their day is coming soon.The backlash is unstoppable-wait and see!!
Racial discrimination against the ethnic white population must also be regarded as a far more serious offence than it is at the moment.

Answer 8

We have so many laws and regulations in our world today- do we need another to mandate respect for one another? My general advice on this subject would be to put yourself in the other person's shoes.

Answer 9

There are already laws on the books covering this. Unfortunately there are still bigots like sharpton and jackson out there preaching their hate and bigotry.

Answer 10

Haven't you heard? There are already laws against the two.