Race and Ethnicity
Race is the classification of human beings into classes based on their traits, ancestry background or the relations they may have. Ethnicity focuses on a social group with common ancestry background. The target audiences of the article I read is the American population at large as well as people across the world who have concerns about race and ethnicity. The most important lesson I have learnt is that race and ethnicity are ways of seeing and understanding the world around us better even in existence of racial differences. In contrast, the society today views the blacks and the whites as different in almost every aspect. However, efforts are underway to try and unify different kind of people in relation to their race and ethnic backgrounds. The desire of striking a balance …show more content…
An example is when a manager hires people from one group but completely fails to hire from another class of people
Active bigot/ All-weather bigot kind of people hold high levels of prejudice and actively discriminate some groups. An example is a manager who refuses to hire minorities in a society.
Fair-weather liberal people will not discriminate unless an outside person compels them to. An employee is said to be a fir-weather liberal when his boss demands that he discriminates.
Response to Question Four
The first step is to understand that people have differences and therefore acknowledge these differences so as to prevent any barriers they may cause. Secondly, ensure fairness is observed and respect the differences which make them. Thirdly, focus and put emphasis on self-awareness as it is the key to developing a safe and fair workplace for a diverse group of employees. Finally, encourage interactions between people of different ethnic backgrounds. Importantly, identify and discuss diversity related issues with the employees in a good