NCERT Book Class 6 Social Science (Civics) Chapter 2 Diversity and Discrimination

Chapter 2
In the previous chapter you have discussed the
Diversity and meanings of diversity. Sometimes people who are
‘different’ from others are teased, laughed at or

Discrimination
not included in a certain activity or group. We feel
hurt, angry, helpless or sad when friends or others
treat us in such ways. Have you ever wondered
why this happens?
In this chapter we will try and explore how such
experiences are related to the society we live in. We
will look at how they are connected to the inequalities
that exist around us.

Difference and Prejudice than 1600 languages that are people’s
mother tongues, and there are more
T here are many things that make
us what we are – how we live, the
languages we speak, what we eat, wear,
than a hundred dance forms.
Yet this diversity is not always
the games we play and the things we celebrated. This is because we feel safe
celebrate. All of these are influenced and secure with people who look, talk,
both by the geography and history of dress and think like us.
the place where we live. Sometimes when we meet people
You will get an idea of how diverse who are very different from us we may
India is if you look even briefly at the find them strange and unfamiliar. At
following statement: times we may not understand or know
the reasons why they are different from
There are eight major religions in us. People also form certain attitudes
the world. Every single one of them and opinions about others who are not
is practised in India. We have more like them.

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