Category: Discrimination

  • Discrimination of Women Entrepreneurs in Getting Loans From Banks

    Table of Contents Introduction Research Question Methodology Significance References Introduction Research has suggested that women entrepreneurs face problems in raising capital as well as getting loans from banks (Blake 2006; Wilson et al. 2007; Prasad 2009). Women face credibility problems when faced by bankers and are less likely to have access to entry into institutional…

  • Racism in America: Discrimination and Prejudice

    Table of Contents Introduction Similarities and differences in discrimination Reasons for discrimination Conclusion References Introduction Racism, as Miller and Gerran (2008) state, are attitudes, actions, beliefs, or policies that undermine individuals or groups in relation to their races. In the US, it involves discrimination of the people of color by the white people, supported by…

  • American Racism in “Men We Reaped” by Jesmyn Ward

    Table of Contents Introduction Race Relations in the US Improving Race Relations Works Cited Introduction Men We Reaped is Jesmyn Ward’s account of the economic realities of poverty-stricken rural Mississippi during her childhood. Ward reveals that young black men in DeLisle, bereft of equal economic and educational opportunities, lost their lives to substance abuse, violence,…

  • Classism and Discrimination in Tennis Clubs

    Classism refers to the systematic subjugation of lower-class people in order to benefit and empower upper-class people. It is the social class-based systematic assignment attributes of merit and competence. People are classified according to their social classes in various countries depending on their economic status, occupation, and education. Different social classes have diverse ideas reflected…

  • Racism in Campus of the Montclair State University Effect

    Introduction The paper analyzes the effect of racism on campus according to how I did the interview. Ethnic in Montclair State University (MSU) is real according to the findings I got from the interview I conducted. I found out that both my interviewee felt that their high school education did prepare them for college education;…

  • Modern Racism Concepts and Types

    Table of Contents Introduction Examples of modern racism Conclusion References List Introduction While racism in society remains a historically painful subject, the gains that have been achieved over the past years even culminating in the first African-American president are huge. Obvious racist actions and remarks are nowadays not common and are only found in extreme…

  • Religious Discrimination at the Workplace

    Table of Contents Company Matters Documented Cases Conclusion References Along with the ethnic and gender identities, religious ones are likely to be stigmatized at the workplace due to stereotyping. There are many documented cases regarding discrimination against specific religious groups. For instance, Christians are stereotyped as close-minded and naïve, Jewish – as disloyal and greedy,…

  • Racism Problem at Institutional and Interactional Levels

    The question of racism has been opened in the United States of American during a long period of time. Despite numerous attempts that are taken to provide African-Americans with the same rights and possibilities as the Whites have, the problem cannot be solved because some new aspects and concerns take place. Nowadays, it is very…

  • Negro Kids: Racism in American Schools

    Table of Contents Introduction Racial identity Passive racism Affirmative action Conclusion Work Cited Introduction The issue of racism remains a touchy one and many people are unwilling to talk about it. Some do not even think that it exists in the 21st century. Beverly Daniels Tatum in her book “Why are all the black kids…

  • The Asian Racism: Joel Best’s Constructivism

    The concept of “social problem” is in a strange position in sociological science: although “social problem” is the name of a standard subject offered to first-year university students, sociologists rarely use this term as a key one in their research framework. This concept is applied to a very large number of different phenomena, such as…