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Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: VicTS
Date: May 10, 2018, 6:31 am
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I was reflecting on all the different ways to describe someone
from the travelling community whilst deciding on home
improvements. This was before I started this course! I have
also had a client from this community, which led my train of
thought.
I came up with gyppo, pikey, tinker, itinerant and knacker. I
also have a feeling and a description of what this person would
be wearing. They would be young and lithe, dressed very
fashionable with high street labels and have children. They
would appear confident and flexible with what employment they
had, but would be untrustworthy and not offer a good service. I
was amazed that I could recall all the derogatory names I knew
and have heard. My home improvement was a tarmac driveway,
something that was related to these people, travelers. The link
was that they would do the work, with inadequate materials and
badly, then collect payment and leave the area before customers
were aware. They also get married very young and have lavish
weddings. My perceptions are of people with no responsibilities
who are close knit with outdated morals and no education. They
are wary of strangers but are willing to take what they need by
whatever means necessary and not to be trusted because they are
theifs.
My family is Irish and has used these terms, however they have
been used by wider society for decades. Most of them are
because of what they would do for work, a tinker fixes pots and
pans and a knacker takes old or dead horses. The terms have
become racist and derogatory and this group of people have faced
discrimination.
I am aware of these in myself and realsie where they come from,
I was able to offer my client acceptance and it did not impose
of the therapeutic relationship.
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Re: Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: Slavka
Date: May 10, 2018, 9:22 am
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I grew up in a strong Catholic household (the whole country I am
from, Slovakia, is very Catholic) and the attitude was very much
that 'the Catholic religion' is the only 'correct' Christian
one. There were some Protestants, but they were usually looked
down upon and called 'Luteran' in the local slang. I never
really bought into the religious mindset and aged 18, when I
moved away to London, I 'divorced' myself from it. I couldn't
quite grasp all the different Christian religions - I mean they
all have Jesus in common so why bickering which one is the
correct one?! I was very bemused when I learned about the Church
of England and its story how it came to be - the king Henry VIII
wanted a divorce! I also became aware of other religions that
we didn't have (Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Jainism etc.) and
started noticing prejudices grounded in other religions too.
:-\
I am aware of my own triggers and religion is one of them. I
could see how much damage it can cause. I have explored this in
my own therapy.
As for the discriminatory phrases, I still come across these as
I work part time in a community mental health team and the
people I visit often use these and they see no issue with it. I
happened to challenge this once when my colleagues were using
such terms describing a black colleague. Their justification was
that it was 'normal' and 'common' when they were growing up;
they couldn't quite grasp that times change and things don't
always stay the same.
I am also acutely aware of the anti-gay views in my native
country; it's still very much rooted in the religion. I feel
strongly about this because I have family members who are gay
and people's views is still that sexuality is a choice and they
are choosing it to spite other family members. It is quite
upsetting to witness this. I had long chats with my own parents
about this; my mother seems to 'get it' (to a degree) but then
her religious conditioning kicks in. *sigh*.
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Re: Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: VicTS
Date: May 10, 2018, 9:46 am
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Religion is a varied topic and has lots of varieties all with
their own prejudices, my mother was brought up catholic in
Ireland but left as soon as she could. I still feel her own
predudiecs even though she did not bring us up that way.
It is so interesting, do you know of any phrases that are used
about religious people. My mother would talk about prozzeys in
reference to protestant people, not sure what the catholic
phrases would be.
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Re: Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: Slavka
Date: May 10, 2018, 10:17 am
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No, I don't really know any phrases; the only one that springs
to mind is 'Bible bashers' but my understanding is it's mainly
used to describe the alt right religious groups in America.
However I came across it in Scotland too (I live here); I am
sure I have used it myself.
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Re: Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: VicTS
Date: May 11, 2018, 5:30 am
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Yes, I agree, I have heard the term 'bible bashers' in this
country in England where I live. It usually refers to christian
followers, others that spring to mind are bobble top and rag
head, referring to the head ware that Sikh followers have.
My father has a tendency to express racist view and would refer
to Islamic followers as Muslims, the tone of his expression said
enough to know he was being derogatory.
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Re: Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: Diversity Tutor
Date: May 16, 2018, 1:40 am
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Hi everyone
I hope you find the course helpful.
Tutor
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Re: Discriminatory phrases/attitudes that originate from others.
DIR By: VicTS
Date: May 16, 2018, 3:04 am
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Hi, yes absolutley, although challenging to find all my hidden
stuff!
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