Basic Human Rights
The fundamental rights that humans have by the fact of being human. Race: • Race is a significant social issue because people use racial differences as the basis for discrimination. Much of today's racism can be traced to the era of colonialism that began in the 1400s. • When Europeans began colonizing Africa and the Americas, the white settlers adopted the idea that they were superior to the other races they encountered. This false notion became known as "the white man's burden," and was used to justify the Europeans' taking land and enslaving people. In this way, naturally-occurring racial differences became the basis for systems of exploitation and discrimination. Discrimination: • The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex . Religion: • Religious discrimination involves the persecution or harassment of a person because of his or her religious