How Does Discrimination Affected Society

Body How has discrimination affected society? Children and young adults are more vulnerable to the harmful effects of discrimination as a psychosocial stressor. Discrimination has various ways of affecting someone. People believe that discrimination can lead to loneliness and depressive symptoms. Most people think of discrimination as making fun of someone for being different but it is a lot more than just that. Discrimination can affect someone in so many different ways. Racism and racial discrimination are recognized as critical determinants of the health and health inequalities. “Reporters have direct experiences of racial discrimination as robustly associated with higher loneliness and depressive symptoms among students” (Priest 3).
Even though these symptoms are maintained, they are unidirectional. “Loneliness and depressive symptoms as reciprocally associated, and potentially reinforcing one another over time, has also
“One of the most difficult of federal employment discrimination acts to navigate is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). (Zachary 1). Some labor discrimination is started by stereotypes about older workers. “These stereotypes include: beliefs that older workers were slower, resistant to change, unwilling to learn new skills, costly in terms of sick leave and medical insurance, and averse to taking directions from younger people.” (Zachary 1). Just because someone is older does not mean they are unable to listen or work as well as younger people. “Age discrimination can happen in many different forms including: failure to hire older workers, failure to provide older workers with training, stretch assignments, raises, and promotions, harassing older workers by making age-related jokes, comments, and undesirable workplace assignments, outright discharge and replacing them with a younger person.” (Zachary 1). People do not need to give older workers special treatment just because they are