Insight Matters passionately supports the commitment to an equal and inclusive Ireland. We believe in offering culturally sensitive and inclusive personal development, psychotherapy and counselling services to all those affected by prejudice, racism and discrimination.
What is Prejudice?
Prejudice is defined as a negative prejudgment or assumption made about or towards somebody, based on opinion rather than reason or actual experience.
Prejudice most commonly involves having negative attitudes and stereotyped beliefs about members of groups, based on social class, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or other personal traits.
What is Discrimination?
Discrimination is actual prejudiced behaviour toward someone else. It is unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, based on the above grounds of race, age, or sex etc. Certain types of discrimination are illegal.
What is Racism?
Racism is defined as actions, beliefs or practices that distinguish members of each race as inferior or superior to another race or races.