Discrimination And Discrimination

In America there are still several parts of our society that remain racially unequal including, the workforce, the wealth gap between minorities and whites, as well as incarceration rates and police behavior. The unemployment rates in America are relatively high and because of how hard it is to get a job, the employers prefer to hire someone that they feel more comfortable with, which typically aren’t minorities. The wealth gap between minorities and whites is continuing to grow as the years move on and because the wealth gap many people are starting to turn to criminalism. Because of the amount of people turning to criminalism, the incarceration rates of minorities is steadily increasing. Racial inequality in one section of our society can affect all of the other sections as well. It is a “snowball effect” of sorts. One small aspect of racial inequality can lead to another and another and so on and so forth until our whole society is unequal. Racial inequality has a negative impact on our society

Racial inequality has been a problem plaguing this country since its inception. Even today we can see the extent of the issue in almost every facet of life. There is racial inequality within the workforce, resulting in a vast differential between incomes of different races. Racial inequality also lives within our health care system, meaning that millions of Americans are not covered by government issued health insurance, but the majority of those not covered belong to a racial minority. The most devastating place that racial inequality has managed to creep into is our education system, basically setting many American children up for failure.

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Racial inequality has indeed become less common than in the past, but it is still very much present in our current everyday society. It may be true that the overt practices such as slavery, beatings, or blatant segregation are rare, but our American culture is progressing towards more covert racism, discrimination and segregation. This form is just as painful to subordinate groups, although increasingly discrete. There are many reasons to which we can attribute inequality. The article “Worsening Wealth Inequality by Race,” written by Taylor Luhby, specifically exemplifies the attribution theory and cultural and structural explanations. These explanations are very common and often times

A lot has happened within the category of race relations within America’s past. Since the existence of minorities in America, they have been viewed as lesser in comparison to their white counterparts. Therefore they are valued less as a whole on an economic scale dictating the lives that they were systematically intended to live for decades to come. Consequently because of this systemic setup, known as racial inequality, it has become almost impossible for minorities to close the socioeconomic gap between them and their White counterparts. According to US Legal racial inequality can be defined as the discrimination based on race in opportunity for socioeconomic advancement or access to goods and services. The following sources have been gathered to help make the main point of my topic clear, racial inequality in the US can be solved. Therefore these sources will supply my audience with statistics and formal reason that make a strong argument. The sources suit the topic well due the range of coverage they have within the topic. They allow for the discussion of the theoretical causes for racial inequality, how race relations focus on minority problems (racial disadvantages) while excluding Whites as apart of the racial system (racial advantages/white privilege), the impact of the four central frames of colorblind racism, the acknowledgement that racial equality is decreasing between America’s largest racial ethnic groups, and a theoretical approach to solving racial

Words used in society can have a big impact on people, this brings into question of whether some of these words should be allowed or restricted. Oppression and racism in America have been noted throughout history even before 1861. Words like the N-word made to specifically point out and criticize people based on just their skin tone. Though it may seem minimal, there are people who because of the actions in the past, conceal a distaste for the word. Others, taking into consideration that it has been over 100 years since, might not even feel afflicted. Kids often using the word as a substitute for ‘dude’ or ‘brother’. But the brutality that came with the N-word initially, is proof enough that this word is not acceptable in society.

I chose discrimination and prejudice for my multicultural paper, because I feel that discrimination and prejudice is the main reason for all the hate in the world. People are discriminated against because of reasons such as race, ethnicity, religion, looks, sex, sexual orientation, class, and other ridiculous reasons. I feel that if discrimination could be eradicated, then this world would be a peaceful place to live. Discrimination has been plaguing this world since the beginning of time. I am sure there was prejudice as Homo sapiens started interbreeding with Neanderthals. I could picture Homo sapiens parents telling their children to stay

For this interview, I chose to speak with one of the Allied Barton security guards working in the Hopkins dormitories. I met her at the start of my freshman year, and we have remained close friends since. For the purposes of this paper, I will call her Shannon. When asked of her race, Shannon responded with, “Black.” However, Shannon later explained that she is half Native American and half black, as both her mother and father have Native American blood. Yet when asked to identify her race, Shannon very strongly felt that she was a black person, stating that others also perceived her to be black. This falls in line with the One Drop Rule, where Shannon’s black identity is perceived more strongly than her Native American one, not only by others

These challenges have hindered minorities by racism that goes on. The color of the skin that someone is born with determines how their life will turn out

When it comes to data collection bias, prejudice, and discrimination are similar, there is a positive as well as a negative aspect associated with it. It depends upon a person’s perspective on what they think usually in a way considered to be unfair. Bias in research will affect the population when a particular group of the intended population is less likely to be included than others. On public TV, anchorpersons, commentators and interviewers are ethically required to demonstrate fair and equitable behavior, to avoid the expression of their own personal views and preferences (Babad, & Peer, 2010). For instance, choosing a known group with a particular background is known to be a fact in racial bias. When people watch or hear the news they may not be knowledgeable about the issues discussed.

When asked to validate a statement such as the one mentioned that references the disadvantages of minorities versus those of White -Americans the three most significant obstacles, in my opinion, are employment, education, and crime. If you have a group of people who are subordinate in those three categories, you have individuals who are positively underprivileged. Let us begin with employment or joblessness. Unfortunately, socioeconomic status, income, employment, and unemployment are determined by some level of race and ethnicity. In the early 1980’s when low-skilled jobs and high-wage workers wandered out of the central portion of the city, therefore increasing space and inaccessibility to jobs, that was the beginning of employment trouble and social detachment. Even after managing for local conditions, there was still a sizable extensive employment disadvantage for blacks (D'Amico & Maxwell, 1995) As urban centralization increased and industry continued to move the high, and low wages/skills and minority migration to the inner cities intensified(D'Amico & Maxwell, 1995). It was this continued shift that left minorities reduced to an area that suffered from high rates of joblessness, welfare dependency, crime and single-parent households. There was now an exclusion from job networks and confinement to poor quality schooling, which materialized into lousy working habits(D'Amico & Maxwell, 1995).

All types of prejudice vary in some ways , some people are very blunt and some people merely whisper under their breath or secretly avoid the people they dislike. This falls more in between those line with this being an example of averise racism specifically “ Aversive racists, in contrast, sympathize with victims of past injustice,support principles of racial equality, and genuinely regard themselves as non-prejudiced, but at the same time possess conflicting, often non-conscious, negative feelings and beliefs about Blacks that are rooted in basic psychological processes that promote racial bias.” (Pearson, A., Dovidio, J., & Gaertne, S. , 2009) which means that even at times they may support the opposite such as against prejudice and to help people as such but still see them as unsavory and avoid them. People as such may seem like great advocates but still represent part of the problem , these people are in a way hypocrites since they are doing the exact opposite of what they are trying to support others to do. It may come to mind what is the harm since they are doing good in some form but the fact is they are still propagating acting in a negative way against the groups. They are in the end just preaching for people to look tolerant on the outside and secretly still hold prejudice even if they do not openly say it , it is just presenting a different form of racism.

Historian Robin DG Kelley once said, “[Racism] is not how you look, it is how people assign meaning to how you look”. In historian Kelley's interview, he directly touches upon discrimination as a concern society neglects to negotiate. Many individuals of color are perceived differently due to their pigment. Racism has been a growing concern in the United States for decades now, however, no significant progress is made by political officials in addressing it, making it a hotly debated, contagious topic in society. However, when one mentions inequalities and racism, people may look at it in terms of a justice problem, but not much regards is given to how racism and inequalities impact people of pigment in other aspects of their lives. Not

America’s prison incarceration rate has increased by over 600%. This outlandish statistic leaves America with the largest incarceration rate in the world. (Pager 2003) As of right now, one-third of the population has a criminal record of some sort (Barraza 2016). The issue of incarceration doesn’t stop with alarming numbers, however. A damaging amount of stigma is attached to those that have a criminal record. Having a record essentially becomes an automatic stamp of dismissal from American society; you are barred from, or severely limited in your ability to, gain meaningful employment, pay for higher education, or, in some cases, be banned from housing altogether. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that they would now be expanding the protections of the Fair Housing Act to restrict the blanket denial of housing to those with criminal records (2016). To better understand the content of this newer policy, the social conditions that made it necessary, and the impact it can have on inequality, having an understanding of sociological concepts such as approaches to community-based discrimination, de facto segregation, steering practices, total discrimination, and the benefits of integration is essential.

Discrimination comes in many forms. Discrimination and diversity are closely linked considering the reasons behind discrimination are what makes up the definition of diversity. Not only is discrimination made against gender, race, and religion, but it is also made of age, disabilities, appearance and in a lot of cases, women who are pregnant too. This is very much a reality for many employers. There are laws protecting acts of discrimination. This topic is so sensitive, that many employers implement diversity and discrimination into their mission statements. Many companies make it their practice to host training sessions to prevent discrimination from happening, then there are many companies who can’t afford such training for their