Racism Speech

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1.1 Introduction Suppose you have recently graduated from your college and ready to face the corporate honchos. Tomorrow you have an interview with a multinational company and you are very much excited about that. Also you have prepared well and are confident enough that you will perform well in the interview. Now the day comes and you appeared for the interview. You come out of the room very cheerful and are confident that you have done well. You are eagerly waiting for the results to be announced. But as the results are announced all your hopes are shattered. You have been rejected. How are you feeling? Definitely sad and disappointed. Sometimes the consequence of rejection is much severe that just flush of sad emotion in mind. If the person …show more content…

They feel lonely 2. Low at self-esteem 3. Aggressive 4. They suffer from depression 5. They become introvert Some common forms of social rejection: 1. Racism: It is the most common form of social rejection present in our society. The main driving factors of racism is ethnicity. People belonging to a particular ethnic community consider themselves to be superior to those belonging to other communities. This drives their rude and rigid behavior towards people belonging to other ethnic communities. It is racism that had lead The Holocaust in Germany and the apartheid in South Africa. 2. Childhood rejection: It is often commonly seen that some children are more popular than their peers. They are generally treated better and even are better achiever. While some children are rejected that results in low productivity and generally show low ratings. These children are more susceptible to bullying and are often let down. 3. Peer rejection: While at workplace, there are certain employees that are given more importance compared to their peers. The main cause of peer rejection is favoritism or nepotism. While it creates a sense of partiality among peers, it hampers the work culture of the organization where such practices are …show more content…

According to a study, rejection stimulates the same areas of brain that are stimulated when we suffer from physical pain. There other ways in which rejection affects us: 1. When rejected from a group to which the person belongs, it destabilizes its need to belong to a