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Saturday, February 11, 2017
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THE PHILIPPINE population is composed of many religious and ethnic groups. This diversity has given rise to a number of incidents of racial and religious discrimination. These must stop. Discrimination, profiling, violence and all forms of intolerance against persons based on ethnicity, race, religion or belief, gender identity, language and disability have no place in a civilized society.
We must promote a society that values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity and gender. We have to fulfill our international commitment under the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination and ensure its full application in our national legal system through the creation of a comprehensive law with substantial penal provisions.
Profiling, which is a criminology term that follows the basic sociological science method of understanding the complexities of human society by breaking down members of a population into groups that share common characteristics, has resulted in stereotyping. Certain crimes, such as terrorism, murder and kidnapping are sometimes deliberately attributed to a religious affiliation. Profiling has also caused minority groups and individuals of a certain gender and sexual orientation to be discriminated against in many ways including in employment.
The Constitution clearly provides for the freedom of every Filipino to religion and racial identity. No Filipino is excluded. Each and every individual deserves to be treated fairly and equally.We should avoid religious and racial profiling and call out those who commit discriminatory acts such as subjecting a person to unnecessary, unjustified, illegal and degrading search, those discriminating against a person who is applying for a job or disallowing the entry of a person to an establishment open to the public because of religion, color, ethnic identity, manner of clothing, gender or sexual orientation, or even the person’s name.
We should reduce discrimination that causes a different kind of terrorism — the one that fosters hatred, thus fuelling disunity in our country.
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