A veil is seen as a controversial symbol all around the world. In Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, the author is forced to wear a veil to school by those that called for a cultural revolution in Iran when she is 10 years old. Her French non-religious school is abolished and boys and girls are separated for education. Her mother protests against the changes and her picture appears in newspapers across Europe. Marjane grows up to become a "rebel" and, after a confrontation with one of her teachers, she is kicked out of school.
This is because they are not of the norm and because they have a different belief system than others. Muslims have been stereotyped from all aspects of their life since 9/11. Muslims who had been in the United States longer than some Christians were suddenly being verbally and physically attacked by those Christians. More and more, they were being accused of misdemeanors that they had never done. They were citizens like everyone else; the difference was that they were the only ones being questioned.
News outlets, as expected, play a large role in how terms are viewed by the majority of people. Various Western outlets portray veiled women from other countries as oppressed and present the being covered in a negative light. They portray it as if the headscarf is the only thing that stops these women from progressing. The issue of poverty, lack of education and lack of resources is ignored and if a woman is suffering in a Muslim country, it is only because she is covered. Despite the fact if she is doing it willingly.
This relates to my beliefs, how the hijab liberates a women from how she has delivered herself from what other’s expectations are in which the fashion industries take advantage of. The hijab expresses how devout a woman is about her religion. It is also a way for Muslim women to respect and honor her tradition. In the article, “Why I Won’t Veil,” by Nadia O. Gaber, she describes her time in Egypt as horrible because she felt invisible, “Holding oneself to conventions that are impractical (imagine long sleeves or even gloves in the 120-degree Saharan heat) and anachronistic is illogical and unnecessary.”(Nadia Gaber, 2006). In any religion, there will be anachronistic traditions.
The most common causes of discrimination are: sexual orientation, race, disability, religious beliefs, age, gender, and ethnicity. The competition for jobs, opportunity, and economic standing can also lead a dominate group do developing discriminatory policies and beliefs. Women often find themselves passed over in the work place. Minorities are often targeted by law enforcement and people of authority. Since the bombing of the World Trade Centers September the 11th 2001, many Muslim people have been single out as terrorist and often find themselves ill-treated in public setting.
No one from her school has ever had a offer like this. Since Akeelah has ditched some of her classes several of times her principal threatens to give her a bad punishment for the rest of the year or she can substitute the punishment by accepting the spelling bee nationals. Under the pressure of the punishment Akeelah gave in the spelling nationals. After getting the hang of the whole spelling bee Akeelah begins to get the hang of something she finally can enjoy. Akeelah is coached by a English professor Dr. Joshua Larabee.
In return she has to do Charlese homework and Charlese’s sister Juju has to give Maleeka some cloths to wear so she doesn’t have to wear her mothers clothing. However throughout the book Maleeka starts to grow resentful to Charlese abusive behavior towards her and the other students. Miss Saunders, a new
Hidden Message Never Been Kissed is a movie about a women, Josie Geller, who is smart but socially awkward. In high school she was the typical loser but she went on to be a copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times. The editor-in-chief assigns her to report undercover at a high school to help parents become more aware of their children's lives. This sends the main character Josie back to high school, the place she hated most where she becomes the same unpopular girl she was in high school. Josie fights though the movie to be clear of her loser label and make it in with the cool crowd.
Some girls go along, some ignore it, and others are visibly shaken. This happens daily. -No, I don’t believe its sexual harassment, it more verbal and discriminatory. 2. A teacher in an advanced math class frequently "puts down" girls in his class.
Even when it is decided that he did not really mean what he said he runs into a lot of students at school who now hate him, especially after his family decides to sue the school. His "friends" were the ones who goaded him on and now they abandon him. Ugly Girl is sort of a punk-type girl, studs in her ears, tall, big (but not fat), and very, very independent. She calls herself Ugly Girl, though, it is not the other students that are doing that. She will stand up to anyone and anything, warrior-women Ugly Girl, as she puts it.