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Discrimination In the world people tend to discriminate because of color of skin, culture, disabilities, appearance, language, and so many other matters. Florida Commission on Human Relations define discrimination as “the unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice and without regard to individual merit.” In the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Arnold an Indian teenager had to face many hardships because he was a victim of discrimination for his appearance and the health condition he suffered as a little boy. In the other hand in Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi the protagonist suffer from discrimination due to the abuse of government in which women where force to use a veil, did not had freedom …show more content…

The author Marjane Strapi, in the voice of a child presents this problem of discrimination. The book presents a problem in the world in which in some countries women do not have rights. A clear example of this is that women are force to wear a veil. Marjane mentions “We didn’t like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (Strapi 3). In 1979 the Islamic revolution took place and many laws change and especially for women. Women where forced to wear veils and this was a big issue because many of them did not agreed in this law that the government had settle. The Government believe that if women did not wear a veil they were seen as a harm to society. Fae Chibin mentions in the article that “The idea that the compulsory unveiling is against women's freedom and a sign of a dictatorial government; however, the obligatory nature of this act is not always the concern but it is the unveiling itself that is considered as harm to society.” (49) Having the head uncover does not harm anyone. In the contrary Marjane felt unfortunate, and as well most of the women in Iran because this was violating their rights. This took away their freedom. An example form Persepolis is an illustration where it is seen women protesting in the streets saying “freedom” without a veil, and the other women who are wearing a veil says “the veil” (Satrapi, 5). With this it is concluded that some women felt that their freedom was being taken away and they felt this was unfair and is a form of discrimination. Also Irian government thought that if women did not wear veils it was a sign that they wanted to be

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