Racism And Discrimination In Society

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Racism and discrimination in society

Racism and discrimination is a contemporary issue that has impacted most of the individuals and

organizations globally. There are differences in status, power, and wealth; some groups have

greater privileges and higher status, hence the social stratification. Such differences leads to

discrimination, an outcome of a prejudice. Notably, discrimination can also be based on race.

Racism, which refers to prejudice against other races due to the belief that one’s race is superior

has adverse effects on the society as whole. For instance, it fuels lack of cohesiveness and unity,

inequality in employment opportunities, and inaccessibility of the social services. Therefore,

racism divides the people based on their skin color and results in hatred in the society.

Individuals who are discriminated against suffers significant adverse consequences that impacts

on their self-esteem, well-being, and self-worth. Racism and discrimination has existed for

decades and still remains almost inevitable thus impacting on the society as whole in spite of

American laws enforced to eradicate these discriminations.

How Racism Affects Society

Racism impacts are felt in the schools, economic, and political organizations. Persistent

racial inequality in social domains creates inferiority complex (Alexander and James 179). Prior

the civil right movements, hundreds of people of color moved from the South to the North to

seek a brighter and better lives. Since the old times, racism has spread globally and it’s one of the

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factors that has led to unequal distribution of the wealth in the society. Racial discriminations

distorts the labour market due the barriers created in attaining employment positions. Layoffs hit

the blacks almost twice as it affects the whites since people of color are hired last but retrenched

first (Lester n.p). This kind of economic discrimination results in desperation and disillusion

among the blacks. Employers hiring in consideration of race do not consider the personnel

qualifications or skills. However, the government has intervened the issue through formation of

the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that prohibits workplace discrimination of any

kind during the hiring process. In spite of the commission fighting for equality through

enfranchising workers who have experienced discrimination, the issue is complex and still

remains a challenge.

Additionally, racism is highly experienced in learning institutions and it’s not a grim of

the past. The blacks have no access to good schools, they go to inferior quality schools to obtain

basic skills and training required in the job market. Similarly, blacks are stereotyped as people

with poor learning abilities as compared to the whites. Lester argues that on average black

students’ drop out at a lower grade in contrast with the white counterpart. Consequently, having

equitable access to similar education quality from the beginning of learning experience impacts

significantly on the disparity of the numbers of whites and black learners who access colleges.

Notably, the black’s learner’s underachievement and underperformance in learning institutions is

also fueled by the structural discrimination. In this case, the education system does not meet the

discriminated students’ needs neither do they address the outcomes of the racial segregation.

Education is the area where racism impacts are mostly felt, it has various long range on impacts

ion the society including violent crime, drugs and Unemployment. Developing solutions to

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eradicate this social injustice will be vital since equal education opportunities is important for

everyone irrespective of the race. More so, education eradicates poverty.

Since the beginning of Trump’s campaign for nomination of the Republican presidential

candidate, tensions has been created among teenagers. During his campaign, Trump indicated

that he didn’t like immigrants and it was not fit for Americans (Knopf n.p). He even promised to

terminate Deferred Action for Children Arrivals (DACA) once elected the president, even up to

date he does not support the program. This aspect scared of the Latino children and teens as

Trump mentioned that he was against immigrants. On the contrary, the whites’ teenagers started

having a negative perception of the immigrants. Since majority of the immigrants are people of

color, the racial discrimination has worsened. Thus, Trump’s unfriendly statements and racial

discrimination has made the teens from the other races other than whites to fear him and develop

a negative attitude towards his governments. This notion has also impacted on their relationships

with their counterparts from the other race.

How discrimination affects society

In the society, certain individuals are less privileged and less powerful; hence they are

discriminated by the dominant group. Due to power and high social status, the dominant group

controls the marginalized, it does not depend on the numbers. Notably, some of the marginalized

individuals or groups do not stay at the edge of the society as expected, they fight back for a

social justice. For instance, the gender equality movement advocating for equal opportunities for

both men and women. The movements’ helps in fighting for women rights and eliminating the

genders stereotypes which makes people believe that women are supposed to stay at home and

take of their children. Gender discrimination results in women being denied certain privileged,

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jobs or even paid lower ages (Gregory 36). It is also experienced in education whereby the male

child is given priority to acquire education particularly in the developing states.

Additionally, some employers are still pursuing outdated ideas about certain jobs being

appropriate for men and what is suitable for women as well as how that work should be

rewarded. Women are believed to be inferior and do not perform well in certain tasks such as

physical jobs. To some extent, employers ignore sexual harassment in the place of work. They

enforce rules that put either men or women at an unfair disadvantage. Such discriminative

aspects influences the self-worth of the women as it makes them to be perceived as inferior to

men (Gregory 172). However, the 2010 Equality Act played a major role in protecting

everyone’s rights in aspects of life irrespective of gender, religion, race, and age. The regulation

stands against victimization, harassment, direct discrimination and indirect discrimination. Age

discrimination can be positive or negative depending on the situations. For instance, age

determines the licensure and participation of certain contracts. Contracts with a minor can be

considered legally binding.

Conclusively, racial discrimination has been rampant and the most experienced form of

discrimination in America for decades. Due to its effects on the society, there has been efforts to

set up laws eradicate racial segregation. Racism can be traced back in the Jim Crow era and

during the industrialization period when voting rights were determined by race. In today’s

society, discrimination is almost inevitable following social stratification and race factor. Access

to social services and certain privileges is available to individuals and groups with respect to

power, wealth, ethnic background, age and gender among other factors. Discrimination impacts

negatively on the society since lowers the self-esteem and instills fear and hatred for the

dominant group.

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Works Cited

Anderson, Talmadge, and James Benjamin Stewart. Introduction to African American studies:

Transdisciplinary approaches and implications. Black Classic Press, 2007.

Gregory, Raymond F. Women and workplace discrimination: Overcoming barriers to gender

equality. Rutgers University Press, 2003.

Knopf, A. DACA shut down by Trump; children and families need help from Congress,

providers, and us. The Brown University Child And Adolescent Behavior Letter, (2017).

Lester Long Jr. Modern Racism: The Cause, Culture, And Effects-The Result Of Social

Learning. PsychosocialIssues. (2017).

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