their age‚ gender or race. Despite these being in place there is still significant inequalities‚ some examples of this would be: The importance of equal opportunities in society Unemployment in ethnic minority communities is‚ on average‚ twice the rate in white communities and members of ethnic minority groups find it twice as hard as white people to secure jobs. – Black and Asian people are 16% more likely than white people to be highly qualified‚ but highly qualified black and Asian people are more
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What is the Business case that is driving LeasePlan’s interest in managing diversity? The business case that is driving LeasePlans interest in managing diversity is that they are treating their employees as unisex. The employees receive training‚ fair opportunities‚ and career counseling. LeasePlan is creating a more supportive and collaborative employer through these actions. Through proper management‚ encouragement and possible bright futures‚ the employers have seen an increase in productivity
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Safeguards In India‚ the National Constitution of 1950 or any other Constitutional document does not define the word ’Minority’. The Constitution only refers to Minorities and speaks of those "based on religion or language". In the Constitution of India‚ the Preamble (as amended in 1976) declares the State to be "Secular"‚ and this is of special relevance for the Religious Minorities. Equally relevant for them‚ especially‚ is the prefatory declaration of the Constitution in its Preamble that all citizens
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an individual to feel an awareness of belonging - a feeling unobtainable through little else. Places where imagination and distinctiveness are condemned force those who adapt to live a dull reality that holds no challenges or freedom of thought. Minority groups are set apart from the majority‚ with the mainstream becoming blind to those who are excluded simply because they don’t fit society’s standards. Shaun Tan’s “The Lost Thing” explores a world that directly reflects society and its inability
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that the Metropolitan police force were ‘institutionally racist’ - recommended that the Metropolitan police force filled at least 25% with ethnic minority officers; however the figure still stands at around 9.6%. This does not reflect the demographic of London very well as currently 29% of Londoners are non-White‚ this should be shown in the number of minority police officers but it is not so this suggests that the Metropolitan police force need to address the racial under-representation within the ranks
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races to do with their kin. From the authors’ research we can see Blacks and Latinos more likely to live with kin or near kin and they contact each other more frequently. And both Whites and minority like to be supportive family members‚ but in different way. Whites more likely give financial aid and minority give help with household work‚ etc. Of course there is no right or wrong for different races to treat their family‚ but we can find out what made that different. The first thing we think about
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics 1. Introduction "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" is an essay published in 1964 in Harper’s Magazine. Written by Richard Hofstadter‚ an american historian‚ this paper defines and describes what he calls the "paranoid style"‚ which is some kind of paranoid behaviour among politics. To do this‚ the author explores american History from late XVIIIth century to the 60’s and analyzes conspiracy theories and paranoid reactions of groups of people
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always existed and unfortunately will continue to exist. Injustices deprive people of their abilities to strive for better goals and dreams. It is time that the minorities that have and continues to suffer from these injustices to be restituted. I argue that the affirmative action has not completed its intended purposes of presenting minorities with equal rights. And that it is needed now just as much as it was needed in the past. The affirmative of action was first introduced by President John F Kennedy
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where he promoted “the removal of overtly discriminatory barriers” and “equal opportunity in employment‚ education‚ and government contracting”. Affirmative Action was thus created to undo the effects of segregation towards African Americans‚ and although the elimination of discrimination wasn’t achieved‚ the overall outcomes of Affirmative Action did improve the lives of African Americas. Shortly after other marginalized groups like women‚ Hispanic Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ and Native Americans
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functions. The article also advises that the protege not seek out the perfect mentor‚ rather that they be the perfect protege. I found the article is more comprehensive in that it explores aspects not broached by the reading. The subject of being a minority or “token” ‚ which can be a gender or ethnic difference‚ is investigated. In short it is found to be riskier due to the increased scrutiny generally applied to most in that subset. The article also outlines 5 cross-gender problems‚ that include public
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