A Brief Note On Race, And Gender Discrimination

Despite Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal law which bans gender and race discrimination in employment, advancement, and termination, ethnic discrimination and prejudice in the workplace is still a very pertinent issue. In fact, racial discrimination is the most common kind of discrimination workers report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency in charge of enforcing Title VII. Prejudice in the workplace is shown in a variety of forms, is either obvious or subtle, and at times may occur without employers even realizing it. As the General Manager of a popular restaurant in Texas, I witnessed such racial discrimination and prejudice firsthand and saw how detrimental it is to the success of

Women have been discriminated against throughout the history of the United States. Women were typically associated with being “mothers” and having to take care of the children along with other so called home “duties.” They were not allowed to vote until fairly recently. Astonishingly, women in the United States were not allowed to have their own bank account before 1974. There is no reasonable excuse for such restrictions, except to keep women under the control of men. Altogether, the United States’ has a history of discriminating against women. Women have historically been treated as second class citizens, especially in the workplace, which kept them from doing certain jobs that were meant for men. The reality is that women have proven more than capable of doing labor intensive work. World War II proved that women were more than capable of replacing men. Women’s rights in the United States have definitely been improved, but they continue to be discriminated against in the workplace.

Race refers to the physical form of some common genetic characteristics of the crowd. This is born, cannot be chosen. While ethnicity refers to the people with the same experience, cultural background or language. The United States as a migrant country, immigration culture, complex skin color, ethnic racial relations are complex. The race of society has been going on for more than half a century. Racism is a self centered attitude, and racial differences determine the history of human society and cultural development. Racial discrimination has always been a serious social problem. Racial discrimination is further convinced that the disaggregated differences are linked to hierarchical evaluations, and that various human races determine their culture or personal achievement, implying that certain races are better than others. Racism to the German Nazi regime and the United States as the representation of the past, the German Nazi regime

Social Inequality; as defined by sociologists is the unequal opportunities of different social statuses and positions within a group of individuals or in society. The opportunities we receive, our wealth, our rewards, and our punishments, can all be influenced because of our positions we hold in society today. Remember the saying “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer”, why is this? It’s all because of inequality, there is no fairness when it comes to opportunities, employment, housing, etc. and it is in fact evident. After reading the article, “Race and Gender Discrimination, Contemporary Trends” there were many trends that I would of liked to discuss in my reflection, however the two trends that I found to be importantly associated with social inequality is the percentage of people who deny racial discrimination against people of color and the belief that blacks and whites have the same standard of living.

Pregnancy discrimination happens very often in the workforce. Most women are advised by their doctors to avoid heavy lifting or to sit instead of standing during long shifts. These adjustments are always provided to workers with disabilities, but not to pregnant women. This leaves women without income when it is the time where they actually need it most. Also, the lack of opportunity for promotion is another way that women are not equal in the workplace. Women are not always given the visible assignments that would get them noticed by upper management. Since they are not getting any visible work, they are not given the opportunity to advance. Sexual harassment is another problem for women in the workplace because nothing is done when women are harassed. Women can either keep their job and risk being harassed, or leave their job and be

America’s motto is based upon a strong belief of freedom and liberty for all, but does everyone truly receive these benefits? When looking in America’s past one sees that these perfect ideals are hardly met by historical records of discrimination and racism throughout the past. Although not as ambiguous, the following show that race, gender inequality and discrimination still pose issues in America’s culture and are prevalent in today’s society

According to article 16, “Race and Gender Discrimination Contemporary trends,” Sterba expresses how women are asked if they were harassed or not in their work force. In pink collar jobs to blue collar jobs. Women get sexually harassed in a lot of jobs. For example, the author states, “According to the National Law Journal, 64 percent of women in pink-collar jobs reported being sexually harassed and 60 percent of 3,000 women lawyers at 250 top law firms said that they had been harassed at some point in their careers” (Sterba, 125). The video “Killing us Softly 4,” Killbourne states, “It also does something even more insidious. It creates a climate in which there is a widespread violence against women” (Killbourne, 2:13-219). She was stating

Discrimination has been prevalent throughout American history. This can be presented through the civil rights and women suffrage movements. The process to establish laws to advocate rights for people of color or women, has been a slow and painful struggle. The national government eventually made laws to prevent social injustice and to expand equality. Nonetheless, the relationship between race and gender has created a racial gap in socio-economic status. Skin color still matters in 21st Century America.

Women are the longest impinged victim of gender discrimination. It comes from decades and decades of tradition, with a preconceived idea on how things "should" be done. In the 1700's, the basis of a woman's education in colonial America was to become skilled at household duties, in order to find a suitable husband (National Women's History Museum, 2007). If they were taught anything really worth knowing, they had to come from a wealthy family. Women were said to only be good for taking care of children and cooking and cleaning. Females weren't even allowed certain jobs, like doctors, because they were women. Regardless of whether certain employers admit or not, some women

Racial bias and discrimination come in a variety of forms. Racism, for example, may refer to internalized racism, reverse racism, subtle racism and more. Racial profiling targets certain groups based on the notion that some groups are more likely to commit certain crimes than others (Marques, 2015). Racial stereotypes are generalizations about members of racial groups that prejudiced people often use to justify excluding minority groups from housing, educational and employment opportunities (Loewen, 2007). Familiarity with the various forms of bias and discrimination may help to counter racial intolerance in society. While racism generally refers to the systemic oppression of a racial group due to the idea that some groups are inherently

What is discrimination you ask? Discrimination is the unjust treatment of different categories of people or things. The 3 things that I’ll talk about is race, age, and gender.

It is illegal for employers to discriminate against employees based on their gender. Men are seen as superior. Full-time working women are being paid 77% of what men are receiving. Gender inequality is unfair for hardworking women in the United States.

In the 21st century, in American society, women are still not treated as equal as men at work, because they don’t have a fair opportunity for promotion , get paid less, and are victims of sexual harassment. Even though they both have the same level of education, but when it comes to work promotion ; the promotion is given to men just because they are men. In addition to not getting the work promotion they deserve, they are harassed at work more often than men. women are also paid less than men for instance, according the statistics women earn 67 cents for every dollar a man make.

From the beginning of time the male and female have been expected to perform certain roles in society. Males have been expected to work and provide for their family while the female raises the children, cooks, cleans and keeps the house in order. Today many women have broken that tradition and are starting their careers and becoming more independent. Even though females today are braking away from that stereotype, they are being discriminated in the work place because there are still individuals out there that believe that women should play a certain role and that they are not strong enough to work in a cooperation or

Women are not equal to men in the workplace because of unequal pay, a lack of women in managerial positions, and sexual harassment in the work place.