Category: Discrimination

Introduction Currently, the US as a country is faced with numerous social justice issues that have sparked intense debate among the citizens and also in the international community. For many individuals, it seems that there are a lot of challenges to come. The COVID-19 pandemic has reactivated economic diminution rendering many Americans jobless; Black Lives…

In 1964, an important accomplishment was achieved in the struggle of the black population of America for their rights; the US Congress finally passed the Civil Rights Act, formally prohibiting racial discrimination. However, in the minds of ordinary people, these changes took much longer, and the film In the Heat of the Night was a…

Table of Contents Three Types of Racism Racism, Institutions, and Individuals Conclusion Work Cited Racism is a representation that innate biological characteristics of a person determine his or her behavior. This doctrine propagates a specific perception of the world in which individual’s personality does not perform as a determining factor while the fact of belonging…

Institutional racism denotes a kind of racial discrimination demonstrated in the performance of political and social establishments (Phillips 2005:360). What are the effects and possible solutions for institutional racism? Institutional racism differs from individual racism, which signifies racial discrimination against one or more people (Gillborn 2006:98). Institutional racism has the likelihood of negatively influencing individuals…

In The souls of black folk, Du Bois (1903) argues that African Americans lack equal rights with their white counterparts. He supports his claim by stating that this demographic group started experiencing problems during the Civil War and period of Reconstruction. Du Bois narrates that color-line issues were more common in the twentieth century and…

American society experiences a new wave of disagreements and debates in the most fundamental topics of American democracy functioning. The two-party system and unprecedented Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential elections caused new lines of polarization between the Republican and Democrat electorate (Abramowitz and McCoy 137). Migration and diversity issues are some the most…

Diversity can influence how individuals appreciate and respect their differences in gender, ethnicity, age, disability, education, and religion. Heterogeneity allows individuals to explore the differences in a positive, nurturing, and safe environment. Through diversity, we can understand each other differences and embrace them as our own. Based on the standard diversity definition, their various dissimilarities…

Article 1: The World Outside and Inside Schools The author in this story of the world outside and inside the school is mainly based on the life of those immigrant students who come in from different countries and join the American schools which are mostly English-speaking schools. These immigrant students encounter different challenges and hardships…

Table of Contents Problem Problem Dimensions Solutions List of Beneficiaries List of Staffing Evaluation References Problem It is important to note that the problem of discrimination is a pervasive one, which can manifest itself in a wide range of settings and processes. One of such discriminatory practices can be observed in the hiring process during…

Introduction Federal Law and the laws in many American States do not explicitly prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Therefore, the June 2020 Supreme Court ruling on the Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cases was hailed by the…