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International Journal on Lifelong Education and Leadership (2018), 4(2) 
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Figure 3.
Youth attitudes to equal opportunities with different ethnic groups (n=825) 
 
 
Conclusions 
 
1.
Promoting tolerance in the 21st century in the multicultural society is an essential precondition for 
both intercultural dialogue and the reduction of geopolitical problems. The radical nationalism expressed 
in Europe over the last century and the iron curtain is being replaced by democratic space in which there 
are several nations living in unity and diversity. Tolerance gets more and more every day to reduce 
existing discrimination and prejudice. 
2.
Despite the European philosophy of "Unified in diversity", the trends of globalization, and the fact 
that two out of three Europeans have friends with different religions or beliefs and three out of five 
Europeans have friends with different ethnic origins, the most common form of discrimination in the 
European Union is ethnic origin.
Being conscious of the consequences of the European refugee and asylum 
seekers' crisis, ethnic origin may continue to prevail as one of the most common forms of discrimination in 
the European Union. 
3.
In the process of implementing civic education, the school promotes significant pedagogical values: 
motivation, responsibility and social activity of young people, which ensures the purposeful formation of 
the civic position of students. By engaging in specific practical activities, the students' individual tolerance 
criteria are improved, which promotes active civic position and the individual's psychological readiness to 
be tolerant and to create positive interactions when a person comes in contact with a different. 
4.
Implementation of civic education is one of the prerequisites for the functioning of the school as a 
social institution in order to purposefully and consciously develop tolerant attitude towards themselves 
All ethnic / racial
groups should have
equal opportunities
to receive good
education in Latvia
All ethnic / racial
groups should have
equal opportunities
to get a good job in
Latvia
All ethnic / racial
groups should have
equal rights and
duties
Agree
423
404
404
Disagree
90
109
84
Very agree
284
274
314
Very disagree
28
38
23
Female (affirmative)
89,53%
85,42%
91,17%
Male (affirmative)
79,59%
77,51%
81,06%