Prejudices, Stereotyping and Discrimination in Mauritius.

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Prejudices, stereotyping and discrimination in Mauritius. Programme of studies: Bsc(Hons) Sociology (SPP: Gender Studies) (Year 3) Date of Submission: 10/12/12 Lecturer: Mr Rajen Suntoo Student name and Id: Juanita Huet (101286 * Introduction Mauritius has a very rich past which nowadays make the uniqueness of a multi-plural society which by its cultural diversity has fascinated people all around the world. In fact Mauritius is a democratic and prosperous republic which has a population of approximately 1,200 000 , whose people have ancestral origins from many part of the world such as India, Mozambique, Madagascar, China and Europe. Based upon their origins they have been classified as followed : Hindus(51.2%), Muslims (17.1%), Christians(30.2%) and Chinese(0.7%) (2000). The economy which was once dominated by the sugar industry has been diversified after independence resulting into other various sector such as ICT, tourism and textile industy. * The history of Mauritius from French Colonial rule to independence. Mauritius had first been colonialized by the French from 1767 to 1810, then by the British in 1810 until it gained independence in 1968. Despite having abolished slavery the Bristish however, imported arounf 500 000 indentured labourers from India to work as cheap labour. ' The political history of Mauritius in the twentieth century revolves around the gradual economic and political empowermentt of the island's indian's majority' The Library of Congress In addition Mauritians independence was accompanied by a flow of opposition and violence, were nearly 44% of the population were against it. Accordingly to the Library of Congress paper on the mauritian history, tensions were especially marked between Creole and Indian

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