Inclusive And Tolerant Society Essay

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An inclusive and tolerant society refers to a community of people living together in a particular country without excluding anyone out and being open-minded about opinions that one does not necessarily agree with. Do you really think it is possible to have an inclusive and tolerant society based on the world we are living in today? That’s a question to ponder about. Nowadays, it is common to read news articles about fights between two different parties. It is not a rare sight and it is saddening to see people fighting due to the differences they have between themselves. People who are not willing to accept one another into the community and excluding people out of the society is what that is happening around the world. With all the presence …show more content…

There is racism present in United States of America (USA) between the “blacks” and “whites”, which leads to having separate groups of people living together in the society, keeping a distance from each other. It has been fixed in the thinking of people in the society that the “whites” are superior compared to the “blacks”. This is evident in the USA. According to the Supreme Court's Sentencing Commission's findings,black men receive 20% longer prison sentences than white men for committing the same crime. Racism does not only happen in USA but in other countries like Singapore as well. One of the infamous news on racism that occurred in Singapore is the former assistant director of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Miss Amy Cheong, who posted an insulting racist remark on Facebook in October 2012. She posted her perspective about Malay weddings where she said that “lengthy void deck weddings” and low cost ones cause the high Malay population divorce rate. She was being racist and insulted the Malay community by posting a racist rant. This post went viral with people expressing their anger towards her remarks. If there are people who cannot accept cultural differences, we cannot be an inclusive society since they are not being open-minded towards others. Instead, we should learn how to accept each other’s differences in order to avoid conflicts from happening and to have a tolerant and inclusive

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