Just Listen - Race, Religion, Disability, Sexuality and Gender.

Synopsis: Interviews with people who come from groups which are prejudiced against for reasons of race, religion, disability,sexuality & gender. They talk frankly about their experiences and the problems they encounter.
Series: Just Listen, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 2004
Subjects: Social Studies; Psychology
Keywords: disabled people; gender issues; prejudice; race relations; discrimination; religious conflict

Title: Race and Religion: Ibraham and Clair
Synopsis: Ibraham’s story of personal tragedy dispels many of the myths that exist about refugees and asylum seekers.
Clair, a British Muslim, tells how lack of understanding leads to prejudice towards other religions, particularly Islam.
Duration: 12 mins
Title: Disability: Linda
Synopsis: How other people regard those with a disability. Linda is a wheelchair user and talks about how people treat her and other disabled people differently. We see examples from her perspective, giving viewers an insight into Linda’s world and the difficulties disabled people have to face.
Duration: 13 mins
Title: Gender and Sexuality: Alice and Mick
Synopsis: A transvestite and a gay man talk about prejudice they have encountered. Alice, a transvestite, describes how transgendered people have to live with abuse and ridicule. Mick is gay and has been attacked because of "what he is". He talks about the stress that hiding your true identity brings.
Duration: 10 mins

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