Psychology Final Paper A world without discrimination, injustices and racism would be the ideal world to live in. If only disabilities were seen as minor differences instead of the punch line to a brutal joke. The thought of viewing an individual as a human rather than placing them in a category would be astonishing. It is hard to deny that racism, slavery, oppression and discrimination have played a role in far too many lives. Individuals perceive the world the way they have been treated, whether positively or negatively. “All too often what seems to be a positive situation from one perspective, turns out to be a negative situation from another perspective.”(pg.1, Murray, R. (2011) A psychologist named Lev Vygotsky explained this …show more content…
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One of the most important sign to Vygotsky was speech, it allows people to reminisce on the past and plan for the future. When people use signs they engage in what he called “mediated behavior.” They do not just respond to the environment but their behavior in a whole changes by their own signs. This was particularly true for children, when they begin to speak in dialogue at age 4-5 they start by speaking aloud then they begin learning how to speak inwardly and silently. “Vygotsky believed that our ability to talk to ourselves-- to think with the help of words-- contributes enormously to our powers of thought. (pg. 229, Psychology, Myers. D) Writing and Numbering systems where the second most important signs to the human kind. The invention of writing has allowed us to keep track of historical information. For children writing is quite difficult to learn because they have to remove themselves from the physical, responsive speech and allow themselves to think abstractly.(pg. 229, Psychology, Myers. D) Numbers also plays a major role in society, our ancestors created numbers to adjust to their environments. Farmers needed to create a way they could remember all their cattle 's, some cultures used parts of their bodies to symbolize objects. Speech, Numbering and all our other sign systems are what distinguishes us from other species.
People with a disability are in many ways othered within our society. Othering was expressed by Canales (2010) as, power within relationships for domination and subordination, with the potential consequences of being alienated, marginalized, decreased opportunities, internalized oppression, and excluded. Canales (2010) also suggested that “exclusionary othering is often influenced by the visibility of one's otherness and that these stigmatizing features that are immediately apparent, construct one's identity as other (p.19)… Their otherness is signified by their relational differences; when compared to the ‘ordinary’ and ‘natural’ attributes of persons perceived as socially acceptable (p.19)”.
“There's nothing more debilitating about a disability than the way people treat you over it.”( Solange Nicole) In today's God abandoning society there are many people voicing about equality. There are feminists, those against racism, those against homophobia, and those opposed to everything. Each group seems to have people standing up for them. Although when it comes to a group of cripples there's not many that can do the standing. Ableism: Discrimination in favor of able-bodied people. While many people don't know that word, or do not believe such a thing exists, there are many things proving that it does. It is easy to get caught up in life and not realize the difficulties people have, especially ones that could be easily fixed, just by
The world can be cruel and unkind to those who aren't deserving. Children and adults affected with a physical or mental handicaps may not understand that people are being malicious towards them. Just because
People who suffer from the difficulties of having a disability as well as being discriminated against may have complications managing. In daily life, individuals seek the approval, acceptance, and companionship of their peers; those with disabilities are no different in what they seek. Therefore, being out casted can have very disturbing conclusions. A woman and her daughter experienced severe brutality because of the daughter’s mental disabilities. In order to escape the cruelty the woman killed both her daughter and herself (Williams, Rachel). As if it isn’t wretched enough, others with disabilities also feel the discrimination against them, more so than other groups of society. In addition to discriminating, people do it
The social model of disability which views discrimination and prejudice as being embedded in today’s society, their attitudes and their surrounding environment.
Ultimately, as Shapiro emphasized throughout the reading, the stereotypes that exist around the disabled population is that main perpetrator to inequity. The infantilization leads to “the paternalistic assumption that disabled people are not entitled to make their own decisions and lead the lives they chose.” Destroying the stereotypes that disabled people are incapable of living a successful, meaningful life without being the means of pity of inspiration will lead to the destruction of the systematic oppression disabled
As stated by the founding fathers of America “All men are created equal.” Black, white, brown, short, tall, smart, and dumb, all are created equally. Therefore every person deserves fair judgement. Unfortunately, it is a profound fact that not everyone is born normal and capable of task typical for a common person, who is free from disability. In my opinion, the quote “All men are created equal” serves to promote a friendly environment that helps encourage equality among people and aids to recognize the similarities rather than the differences that separates men. Even so, with this hope, the disabled community still struggles for equality. According to Legal Rights by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), “Almost 10 percent of all
Society’s ideological constructs and attitudes towards minority groups are created and reinforced through media imagery. Although negative associations that maintain inequities with regard to race, gender and homophobia (Conner & Bejoian, 2006) have been somewhat relieved, disability is still immersed in harmful connotations that restrict and inhibit the life of people with disabilities in our society.
When discussed what, it means to be a discriminated or oppressed as an individual, especially a person with an intellectual disability, we must first look at the terminology and how it will be relatable for their circumstances. For discrimination, it is described as people or groups of people, which include race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation, who are and continued to be defined as “other,” when they are perceived through “dominant” group values. These groups are treated in exclusionary ways, and subjected to all kinds of social injustice and economic inequality, (Anderson & Collins, 2013). In other words, persons with intellectual disabilities tend to be treated less favorable, or not given
Disability Inequality is an issue which society often ignores but is an alarming topic. People tend to assume they are ill-equipped mentally since they are disabled physically. It has immense effect on people with disabilities.
It doesn’t matter what you look like on the outside, it’s what’s on the inside that counts, but our society today lacks to understand that. In today’s time different is not accepted, people that are different are discriminated, looked down upon and usually picked on. People with disabilities are seen as different creatures by most people, the disabled don’t choose to be the way they are, but still our society alienates them. There are different types of disabilities, some type of disabilities are; mental disability, physical disability, learning disability and socializing disability. These disabilities are seen as weakness in our society that hence contribute to the stereotype that leads to the discrimination against the disabled.
In a "me" driven society we often don't take the time, to look at life through a different lens other than what you may personally experience on a daily basis. In striving for a more perfect society we must be able to do just that, try to see life from other people's perspectives, to try to envision what life might be like for people who face an onslaught of racism, sexism, all the isms you can think of. in a societal construct in, which is designed for a few. People with disabilities are constantly being discriminated upon even though there a law in place, in attempts to bring equality for all.
Over the years, perceptions towards disability have been significantly changing as result of the long pathway the disable community has taken fighting for Civil Rights, inclusion and against discrimination. Unfortunately, this last one has not been totally accomplished yet. Barriers to social integration still exist in the society. Perhaps the greatest barrier is not the disability itself; is the attitude of people.
[11]. In general it can be said that positive attitudes can lead to educational, social, medical and occupational inclusion. On the other hand negative attitudes can lead to rejection, segregation, degradation, inequality, inequity, exclusion, discrimination and stigmatization. Negative attitudes are often based on beliefs, lack of knowledge and the misconception of the cause of
This week’s discussion dealt with Individuals and Disabilities. Over the years, people who have a “disability" have been subjected to prejudice and more. And the first way to diminish someone is through language, by using words or labels to identify a person as "less-than," as "the others—not like us," and so forth. Once a person has been identified this way, it makes