Definie diversity, prejudice, stereotype and discrimination

1. Diversity means "variety" and "being different". It is a product of different geography, culture and history. Diversity is more than just tolerating the differences. It is respecting and understanding the varying differences among individuals in society.

2. Prejudice means to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior. For eg: if we think English is the best language and other languages are not important, we are judging these other languages negatively.

3. Stereotyping is setting an image about people or things based on certain characteristics or their membership to a particular group. ... We set an image of people belonging to one community and then pass on this impression to others.

4. Discrimination is when someone is treated worse than other people because of their: Gender, race, disability, colour, nationality, religion and age. When we judge people and groups based on our prejudices and stereotypes, then we treat them differently, which leads to discrimination.