Cultural Discrimination
The United States of America is the country of immigrants with different believes, values, traditions, race and religion practices. We see that people do not know history and background of different cultures and that lead to discrimination all over the word, and we see it for a long time. Discrimination is a negative attitude against others. People should understand what discrimination is, why it occurs, what consequences it has, and how to prevent it. We can have a better future if people know all these and prevent discrimination from happening.
First of all, let’s find out what is discrimination. Everyone knows that discrimination is something wrong and negative, but if we ask people what discrimination is, not everyone will know the answer and some will know only obvious forms. According to Bell, discrimination is “differential and pejorative actions that serve to limit the social, political, or economic opportunities of members of particular groups” (Bell, 2012). Discrimination comes in two types, direct discrimination and indirect discrimination. Direct discrimination is sent to one group of people and tough only one aspect, for example, only age. When people assuming that teenagers are not good workers because they are immature and will not hire them, it is consider as the direct discrimination based on age. Indirect discrimination on the other hands occurs when there is the same requirement for everyone, but have some practices that can have an effect on different groups of people according to their sex, race, or age. For example, if a company stays in the ad that they will hire a tall and strong person to do the job it can be view as discrimination against women, some ethnic groups or elderly, because these groups may not fit in the requirements (Bell, 2012). There are also many forms of discrimination, and usually people will think of them based on their experiences. According to Nelson, “People compare events against their prototype for discrimination
First of all, let’s find out what is discrimination. Everyone knows that discrimination is something wrong and negative, but if we ask people what discrimination is, not everyone will know the answer and some will know only obvious forms. According to Bell, discrimination is “differential and pejorative actions that serve to limit the social, political, or economic opportunities of members of particular groups” (Bell, 2012). Discrimination comes in two types, direct discrimination and indirect discrimination. Direct discrimination is sent to one group of people and tough only one aspect, for example, only age. When people assuming that teenagers are not good workers because they are immature and will not hire them, it is consider as the direct discrimination based on age. Indirect discrimination on the other hands occurs when there is the same requirement for everyone, but have some practices that can have an effect on different groups of people according to their sex, race, or age. For example, if a company stays in the ad that they will hire a tall and strong person to do the job it can be view as discrimination against women, some ethnic groups or elderly, because these groups may not fit in the requirements (Bell, 2012). There are also many forms of discrimination, and usually people will think of them based on their experiences. According to Nelson, “People compare events against their prototype for discrimination
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