Both children and adults experience discrimination at different levels but discrimination against children can be more severe

than that against

adults because children often have less social power. Children face discrimination in most societies in comparison to adults because of their
dependence on adults and adults' reluctance to give them more decision-making power as they develop the ability to exercise it themselves. In
addition to experiencing discrimination as a group, children face discrimination on other grounds, such as their race, gender, immigration
status, disabilities, or a combination of such factors. Various laws have been enacted for non-discrimination of children.
Article 2 of the CRC prohibits discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the “child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.”
It asserts, “States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or
punishment on the basis of status, activities, expressed opinions, or beliefs of the child’s parents, legal guardians, or family members.”
Article 3 of the African charter on the rights and welfare of the child states that “Every child should be allowed to enjoy the rights and freedoms
in this Charter, regardless of his or her race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national and social origin,
fortune, birth or other status”
Section 10 of the Child Rights Act of Nigeria states that “A child shall not be subjected to any form of discrimination merely by reason of his
belonging to a particular community or ethnic group or by reason of his place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion.” and “No child shall be
subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth.”
Despite the existence of these laws designed to eradicate discrimination, it still remains rampant and difficult to stop. Acts of discrimination are
easy to spot and almost everyone may have been guilty of some form of discrimination or the other. For example if children are called insulting
names because of their colour or their age or because of some physical or mental disability, we all know that such behaviour is discriminatory
and degrading. If we can learn to truly love others the way we love ourselves, discrimination will gradually disappear from the society. If adults
can stop discriminating amongst themselves, it will be easier for them to practise non-discrimination for children and if children can see adults
emulating non-discrimination, they will follow suit and practise it amongst themselves. Discrimination feeds mistrust, resentment, violence,
crime and insecurity, and reduces productivity. It does not benefit society in any way.
Children have a right to freedom from discrimination. STOP #discrimination against #children.

The video of a South Carolina school officer flinging a young black girl out of her desk and across a classroom shows how black children are
viewed by American society today. As HuffPost’s Zeba Blay wrote: “Black children, simply through the act of existing, are somehow more
dangerous, more unpredictable, more worthy of violence.”
Black children face discrimination in the classroom at a disproportionate rate to their white counterparts. They are given harsher punishments
and are reprimanded more frequently than other students. Earlier this year, a Stanford University study found that teachers of all races are
more likely to punish black students than white students. A 2012 Department of Education study found that black students are three and a half
times more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students.

Earlier this week, deputy Ben Fields, a South Carolina school officer, grabbed a female student from her desk and dragged her across the
floor after she reportedly refused to leave class.

 Student Arrested For Speaking Out Against Officer

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WLTX-TV 
Eighteen-year-old Niya Kenny stood up for her classmate after a South Carolina officer manhandled and forced her
classmate out of her chair. “I was just crying and he said, since you have so much to say you are coming too,” Kenny told WLTX 19. “I
just put my hands behind my back.”