...identify five forms of discrimination and to show how service users can be discriminated against and make suggestions on how these discriminations can be prevented. To discriminate means to make choices based upon categories, for example to hire someone of European descent and not people of African descent. There are a number of different ways that an individual can be discriminated against in health and social care settings or services as well as in everyday life. Some forms of discrimination are clear to see, such as use of racist language, whereas others are more subtle and discreet. Discrimination occurs when someone’s prejudice affects the way they treat other people. In a health and social care proffesions it is important that practitioners such as nurses and carers do not allow their prejudice to influence the way they treat service users. There are four different forms of discrimination – 1. Unfair discrimination is when an individual is treated unfairly in contrast to someone else. An example of unfair discrimination is an individual not being considered for a job because they are older then another candidate, despite having the same experience and qualifications. 2. Direct discrimination is when someone is rude, hostile or offensive, when an individual is treated less favourably then another because of certain attributes they cannot change such as race/colour, gender, age, sexuality and disabilities. An example of how direct discrimination can occur in a health...
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...freedoms of action without obligations toward others, but recognizes that obligations might exist. The concept of boundaries introduces obligations toward other people. The concept of freedom implies unrestricted movement and actions regardless of boundaries, but the concept of liberty implies restrictions on actions because of boundaries. Liberty acknowledges possible boundaries and merely is freedom from fiat boundaries. In relation to the quote “Equality is the sole of liberty; there is, in fact no liberty without it” (Frances Wright) It is clear to understand that as liberty implies certain obligations of society, i.e The Rule of Law, Taxation. Bestowing unequal obligations onto any group in society i.e Slavery, completely destroys any chance of liberty for those that are oppressed or impeded by inequality. Within society, there are various factors that contribute to the development of prejudice and discrimination from birth. When discussing prejudice and discrimination it is important to understand their meanings. According to the text (Shapiro & Neuberg, 2007) prejudice refers to negative attitudes towards others while discrimination refers to negative behaviours towards others. Biases involved in prejudice and discrimination are culturally conditioned, meaning that preconceptions are learned and developed as people grow and observe the environment. This is exemplified in debated...
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...terms: Term Definition Discrimination the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Institutional discrimination a denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, resulting from the normal operations of a society. Political correctness it denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts, and, as purported by the term, doing so to an excessive extent. Part II Discrimination is the denial of opportunities because of race, gender, religion or disability. When people are discriminated against they usually have been denied something because they don’t fit the standard of what the person is looking for. Prejudice and discrimination have been prevalent throughout human history. Prejudice has to do with the inflexible and irrational attitudes and opinions held by members of one group about another, while discrimination refers to behaviors directed against another group. Being prejudiced usually means having preconceived beliefs about groups of people or cultural practices. Prejudices can either be positive or negative; both forms are usually preconceived and difficult to alter. The negative form of prejudice can lead to discrimination, although it is possible to...
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...Program Material Aging and Disability Worksheet Part I Identify 2 or 3 issues faced by the aging population. 1. Discrimination 2. Stereotyping 3. Prejudice Answer the following questions in 100 to 200 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is ageism? How does ageism influence the presence of diversity in society? Ageism is the act of being prejudice or discriminating against someone because of their age. Ageism is not just directed towards older people, it is also directed towards kids, teenagers, and young adults. Sometimes older people discriminate against younger people and younger people discriminate against older people. Ageism influences diversity in society because people that are affected can lose their job. If their was only younger people working in the workplace then that will leave elderly’s out of work which in turn will lack diversity. Older people that has had their job for years has gotten raises and promotions so some jobs think it is easier to fire them and hire younger people to save money. They think it is cheaper to replace them. • What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)? How does the ADEA address issues for the aging population? The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prevents jobs to discriminate against older people that are 40 and older. The ADEA was enacted in 1968. It prevents jobs from firing elderly people and hiring younger people because of them wanting...
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... | |Discrimination |The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the| | |grounds of race, age, or sex. | |Institutional discrimination |Unfair prejudice against individuals as a result of the way an organization works or | | |delivers services. | |Political correctness |The avoidance of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, | | |or insult certain groups of people. | Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? When stereotyping something a person has a specific impression of a group of people in which a person believes that all members of a group share a common trait or traits. Discrimination is an act or instance of discriminating. It’s a treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance...
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...Associate Program Material Discrimination Worksheet Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? “Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons” (Schaefer, 2012). If you are denied something, purly based ony our appearance or background you are being discriminated against. In life everyone is biased to something they have been taught, it might be race, gender, anything that might make someone different from them. The differences with discrimination verses prejudice and stereotyping is that Prejudice is the bias created throughtout life with steotyping or built in prejudices, but applying or acting on those beleifs and thoughts are what makes discrimination different. If you have someone who has been taught something their entire life but never acts on it or really expresses it you might just consider them prejudice based on the stereotypes they have been taught from their surroundings. Sterotyping is the thoughts and opinions from a first impression, and could be subject to change. Prejeduce is more deep routed in your personal beliefs. However; if they have these feeling and start acting on them they are applying discrimination. References Schaefer, R. T. (2012). Racial and ethnic groups (13th ed.)...
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...Associate Program Material Discrimination Worksheet Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex. The terms stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, and racism are often used interchangeably in everyday conversation. But when discussing these terms from a sociological perspective, it is important to define them: stereotypes are oversimplified ideas about groups of people, prejudicerefers to thoughts and feelings about those groups, while discrimination refers to actions toward them. Racism is a type of prejudice that involves set beliefs about a specific racial group. stereotypes are oversimplified ideas about groups of people. Stereotypes can be based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation—almost any characteristic. They may be positive (usually about one’s own group, such as when women suggest they are less likely to complain about physical pain) but are often negative (usually toward other groups, such as when members of a dominant racial group suggest that a subordinate racial group is stupid or lazy). In either case, the stereotype is a generalization that doesn’t take individual differences into account. stereotypes are rarely created; rather, they are...
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...contractors to hire without regard to race color or national origin. In 1963 the equal pay act was passed which was meant to reduce wage discrimination for women. The 1964 Civil rights act (amended by EEOA in 1972) which prohibits all forms of discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or nation origin. And in 1967 (amended 1978) the Age discrimination act, and the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, which extends to people with disabilities the same rights to equal employment opportunities as the 1964 civil rights act guarantees to women and minorities. All of the acts and orders mentioned before are enforced through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Shaw & Barry 2013 p555-556). The net effect of the above mentioned acts and orders have been to create equal employment and pay for all races, colors, religions, sexes, and national origin. These laws seem to have a very sound ethical background. The two ethical theories I am going to use to justify the different law are Utilitarianism and Rawlsinaism. Utilitarianism(Shaw & Barry 2013, p 56) tries to look at the results of our actions and looks for the results that will bring the biggest benefits to all involved. If we try to do this equation, we see that whites would be unhappy (losing jobs to minorities), but racial minorities, women, people with disabilities, veterans, and seniors would all...
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...Prejudice is the attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way. This word has commonly been used in certain restricted contexts, particularly in the expression 'racial prejudice’. Usually it is referred to as making a judgment about a person based on their race, before receiving information about the particular issue that the person is being judged for. This word is also used to refer to any hostile attitude towards people based on their race. Consequently the word has come to be widely so interpreted in this way in contexts other than those relating to race. There are many forms of prejudice that are used with many cultures throughout the world today. One of the forms is called discrimination. Discrimination is the action that someone portrays when they are prejudice it is also an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group of people because one feels superior to the other. An example of prejudice discrimination was during the Holocaust of the Second World War. The holocaust was started when the Nazi group thought their race was a dominant group to all other races and culture. They killed millions of Jews and various others showing their prejudice discrimination towards all other culture. Other examples of prejudice groups that are in America today are the Ku Klux Klan, gangs such as the Hispanic MS13, and the black gang such as the Bloods. All of these prejudice groups believe that they can discriminate to any of the cultures that are set apart from...
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...Apartheid: Apartheid was the policy of racial segregation in South Africa that ended in 1990. It was used to keep the black and white populations separate. Under apartheid, the rights, associations, and movements of the majority black inhabitants and other ethnic groups were curtailed and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained. British citizen: A British citizen is someone that gained British nationality because they are connected with the UK. British dependent territories citizens: People who live in dependent British colonies like Gibraltar and British Virgin Islands. British Overseas citizens: Groups of people who have a connection with the UK because they lived in a former British colony that is now independent. British Nationals (Overseas): People from Hong Kong were given the chance to acquire this status as many were unhappy at the thought of losing British nationality when Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997. British protected persons: Individuals who had a connection with a former British Protectorate. This is an overseas territory that Britain used to protect, such as the country of Brunei. British subjects: It refers in British nationality law, to a limited class of people defined by Part IV of the British Nationality Act 1981. Under that Act, two groups of people became "British subjects"; the first were people from the Republic of Ireland born before 1949 who already claimed subject status, and the second covered a number of people who had previously been considered...
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... | |Discrimination |The denial of opportunities and equal rights to an individual and groups because of | | |prejudice for other arbitrary reasons. | |Institutional discrimination |A denial of opportunities and equal rights to an individual or groups resulting from normal | | |operations of a society. | |Political correctness |The alterations of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to | | |avoid offense. | Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opporutunities and equal rights to an individual and groups because of prejudice for other arbitrary reasons. It is meant by not giving an individual a chance because of their color, ethnicity, religion, or whatever the reasons may be without giving that person a fair chance. Discriminating is not giving the next opportunities because of their differences. An example of one discrimination as the reading states was experienced by an individual...
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...INTRODUCTION Discrimination separates people instead of uniting them. Discrimination also hampers the self-confidence and affects the psychology of the person being discriminated against. Prejudice causes several changes in society .Even though these changes might not be intended .Discrimination is a threat to democracy, democracy is based on the idea of a society in which all individuals enjoy equal rights and treatment irrespective of their caste , gender, wealth etc. Democracy recognizes the equal worth of all citizens and has laws that help prevent discrimination in all spheres of life. Each person has a righto live with dignity and honour , this concept of equality is found in human rights. Discrimination can deprive the person of opportunities to progress in life, for example unfair payment for work has several consequences like having a smaller apartment, leading to dissatisfaction with one’s life when he stops going to places because of a fear of not being let in , this fear could exist due to previous exclusion from the enjoyment of these services. Or he could consider himself to be inferior after experiencing discrimination in recruitment, and stops looking for a job. Law is perhaps the most important instrument in the fight against discrimination. Law re flects the most fundamental values of the society and conveys a message of what is considered acceptable or unacceptable in society. Law also creates social stability through creating expectations of the way people are...
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...THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES Prior to October 2007: 1. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION [EOC] The EOC worked to try to eliminate sex discrimination: By providing advice and information to the public about their legal rights, what options they have, and the next steps they can take. By taking legal cases under the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equal Pay Act. These cases help to secure equal treatment for women and men in the areas of pay, pensions and caring. By publishing research and statistics about women's and men's lives. These show clearly and simply where change is needed. By running high-profile campaigns to change public opinion and the law. By investigating organisations or areas of life where sex discrimination is common.. 2. THE COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY [CRE] The CRE's legal powers The CRE had statutory powers under the Race Relations Act 1976. These included powers to: • advise or assist people with complaints about racial discrimination, harassment or abuse • conduct formal investigations of companies and organisations where there is evidence of possible discrimination; if the investigation does find discrimination, the CRE can oblige the organisation to change the way it operates • take legal action against racially discriminatory advertisements, and against organisations that attempt to pressurise or instruct others to discriminate — such as employers instructing employment agencies not to send them applicants from ethnic minorities...
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...following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is a result of prejudice. Prejudice can be broken down to say people pre-judge, becoming a prejudice that turns into discrimination. When people pre-judge without having all of the facts, or knowing the ways of a certain people, they start a horrible ball rolling which turns into a discrimination. Discrimination is an action or a mentality which is, usually, negative. It is attitude and action toward people, or a group of people and is most of the time based on the hatred for race, sex or even sexual preference. According to Ch. 3, “Discrimination is the denial of opportunity and equal right to people and groups of people because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons.” (Schaefer, 2012) • What are the causes of discrimination? As I stated above, discrimination comes from prejudices. When people live pre-judging people, that judgment almost always turns into discrimination. Both of these things are fear based behaviors. The expression "ignorance is bliss" is not necessarily true. Fear and ignorance turn into prejudices, which cause discrimination. In all actuality, it boils down to human comfort. Most people are more comfortable around people like themselves. When you add a person or group of people that is foreign, some become so uncomfortable that they start the pre-judging. Judgments...
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...Different Types Of Employment Discrimination | Employment discrimination simply means imbalanced and biased treatment meted out to some employees on the basis of prejudice. This has been an important and grave issue of concern for companies across the world. Such discrimination occurs when an employer singles out any one employee or a group on the basis of age, race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion and other reasons. Workplace discrimination can take place in a number of forms that include illegal hiring and firing, on-the-job harassment, denial of a worker’s promotions or raises and unequal pay. For this reason, several laws have been created to protect the people from discrimination and retaliation from their employers. Read on to know the different types of discrimination in the workplace. Gender Discrimination Also known as sexual discrimination or sex-based discrimination, gender discrimination takes place when one gender is preferred over the other. In this case, one employee is treated in an unfair manner or inequitable manner by his employer, on the basis of the employee’s gender. Racial Discrimination Racial discrimination is the most common form of employment discrimination. Employees are treated harshly or differently based on their race or ethnicity. Though there are laws that prohibit employers to deny a job-seeker employment opportunity because of his/her racial group and characteristics, it is a common practice in most of the workplaces...
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