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230 Chapter 10  Identity, equality, and power

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FIGURE 10.7  Percentage of the population who are absolutely certain (score 10) to vote, according to sex, age, social grade, and ethnicity Source: Hansard Society, 2019: 31 BME © Oxford University Press AB C1 C2 DE White

10.3 In theory 10.3.1 Enforcing equality

Two examples of discrimination on the basis of charac- teristics are antisemitism and Islamophobia —prejudice against, respectively, Jewish and Muslim people. Though these are blanket terms, their expression can take many forms, such as stereotyping and caricature of people with- in these categories. Antisemitism can include Holocaust denial —that is, the questioning of the historical fact of the extermination of Jews pursued by the Nazi regime, in particular from 1941 to 1945. It can also involve abuse and sometimes violent

Discrimination and harassment As we have already discussed, our society is diverse, and not always equal. Many groups in society suffer discrimina- tion based on their characteristics, including on the basis of religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, and absence or presence of a disability. Here we discuss the theory of enforcing equality, and how effective this is.