Diversity Inclusion
On Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 12:30 pm at the University of Winnipeg Library, I observed a young man reading a book sitting by himself as I was doing my homework. I decided to approach him and asked if he has spare time to interview him, he agreed and I began conducting my interview.
Rajinder Kumar Sharma is an East Indian 20 years old male born in India, Punjab on June 4, 1998, and grew up in Winnipeg, Canada. Based on his appearance and skin color his diversity is apparent to others. He experienced bias when he was in middle school. He was treated poorly by Canadians for his appearance and smell.
From his personal experience, the attitude displayed towards his group by Law Enforcement Officers in Canada and in other
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He believes that the Law Enforcement Officers should be there to protect and serve the community and to know what they can and can't do to people.
As I proceeded with my interview, I noticed him took a little longer to answer when I asked him if the Law Enforcement Officers are somewhat trained to deal with their diversity. He suggests they could be offered more training where they learn about different cultures, religion, diversity, etc. They may be taught some knowledge right now but more education would help them be more open minded.
From his past experience and from the media, he believes that some Law Enforcement Officers still abuse their powers. There are still some few officers who consider themselves as someone who is above the law. His beliefs toward Law Enforcement Officers is based on his personal experience.
He concludes that the justice system is effective but not 100% since its purpose is to send people who break the law to the jail and also to control the society without being bias and neglect some people. He believes not all officers can help everyone and the justice system focuses more on incarceration than
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He was honest with his answers, cooperative, nice and he respected me. Although it took me quite a while to make him tell his previous experience with the Law Enforcement Officers.
What I can do to change their bias towards Law Enforcement Officers is to inform him to interact, be open-minded and get to know Law Enforcement Officers if they have the chance. I suggest changing their attitude and perception towards the officers because not all officers have the same beliefs. They should not be judgemental or form a bias towards the officers as a result of a past experience
I have a preconceived bias about their diversity for I had a bad experience with their diversity. When I was a kid in the Philippines, a group of East Indian kids would treat me poorly. They were verbally aggressive, not cooperative, respectful, take advantage of the poor helpless people on the street, disciplined, and compassionate. Six years ago, when I migrated to Canada, I was still treated the same throughout grade 9 and 11. I perceived them as greedy who lacks