PHI445 Week 2 Discussion 2
Unintentional discrimination occurs when a company’s policies uncritically reflect prejudicial stereotypes yet do not involve overt racial prejudices of its managers or executives. Does legislation to verify voter identification fall under the domain of unintentional or intentional discrimination? Explain your views.
In my opinion, legislation to verify voter identification falls under the domain of unintentional discrimination. In our text, it defines intentional discrimination as “Discrimination where the policies of a company are shaped by overt racial prejudices of its managers or executives” (Fieser, Moseley, 2012). The effort to verify voter Identification focuses on making sure that naturalized United States citizens are the persons actually voting on United States issues and elections. The Government is not focusing on one particular race in order to keep them out of the process, just that the people voting are authorized to do so per our constitution. I do acknowledge that this legist ration could be used as a tool for persons wishing to discriminate against certain groups with a high population of undocumented persons here in the United States illegally. It has been noted that, “Surpassing African-Americans, Americans, Latinos now comprise the largest minority in the United States. Furthermore, their prominence will only increase over the coming decades” (Jackson, 2003, p 339).
Also, how does your personal ethical perspective on discrimination- intentional or unintentional- compare to the culture of a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged?
As an African American male, I can understand the concerns of Latinos that this is discriminatory legislation aimed at preventing them from voting. However, this does not prevent Latinos who have are legitimate citizens from voting. The law will be applied to blacks, whites and anyone else who is not a citizen.
Fieser, J. & Moseley, A. (2012). Introduction to business ethics.
In my opinion, legislation to verify voter identification falls under the domain of unintentional discrimination. In our text, it defines intentional discrimination as “Discrimination where the policies of a company are shaped by overt racial prejudices of its managers or executives” (Fieser, Moseley, 2012). The effort to verify voter Identification focuses on making sure that naturalized United States citizens are the persons actually voting on United States issues and elections. The Government is not focusing on one particular race in order to keep them out of the process, just that the people voting are authorized to do so per our constitution. I do acknowledge that this legist ration could be used as a tool for persons wishing to discriminate against certain groups with a high population of undocumented persons here in the United States illegally. It has been noted that, “Surpassing African-Americans, Americans, Latinos now comprise the largest minority in the United States. Furthermore, their prominence will only increase over the coming decades” (Jackson, 2003, p 339).
Also, how does your personal ethical perspective on discrimination- intentional or unintentional- compare to the culture of a particular group to which you currently belong, or previously belonged?
As an African American male, I can understand the concerns of Latinos that this is discriminatory legislation aimed at preventing them from voting. However, this does not prevent Latinos who have are legitimate citizens from voting. The law will be applied to blacks, whites and anyone else who is not a citizen.
Fieser, J. & Moseley, A. (2012). Introduction to business ethics.