This week’s readings emphasized different obstacles that social workers have to overcome‚ such as a changing workforce‚ the way that different cultures are addressed‚ and what constitutes racism. Historically‚ we have seen the workforce become more diverse. The diversification of the workplace does not necessarily mean that the workplace is fair‚ however. Many inequalities and injustices exist within the workplace still. A goal of a good social worker is to overcome and fix such inequalities. The
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A couple of months ago I found myself trawling through Facebook. I had just finished watching a Close Up story on a guy I know – Wikatana Popata‚ who they were calling the new face of Māori protest – and I decided to go and check the story’s feedback on the Close Up page on Facebook. What I found was that this story‚ like many in the past‚ had scratched the surface of New Zealand society‚ and revealed the sickeningly racist underbelly which exists. Subject to a degree of anonymity‚ Facebook users
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In Othello‚ Shakespeare creates a setting‚ tone of racism in Act I‚ scene i of Othello. Racism is defined as a fear or dislike of a race other than one’s own‚ or the doctrine that some races are inferior to others (The Winston Canadian Dictionary). Shakespeare uses racism strategically to bring meaning to character‚ theme‚ and plot throughout the scene. The first racist quotation in Act I‚ scene I of Othello is‚ “And I‚ God bless the mark‚ his Moorship’s ancient” (Othello: I:i:33). During the
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Colorblind Racism is one concept is the belief that racism is no longer a problem and that we all have equal opportunities. People who subscribe to colorblind explanations claim they do not see the color of people’s skin and believe everyone to be equal. Colorblindness prevents us from seeing the historical causes of racial inequality and how racial inequality persists in our society. Let’s talk a bit more about this idea. Society has called what we think are solutions to racism by many names one
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Some people don’t acknowledge the fact that environmental racism is actually happening everywhere‚ where minutes. Environmental Racism is the placement of low-income or minority communities in the proximity of environmentally hazardous or degraded environments such as toxic waste‚ pollution an urban decay. Environmental racism is detrimental to health‚ effects the poor‚ and has toxic exposure. To start off environmental racism is detrimental to health. For instance‚ many sources of pollution
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Prof. Sutton Sociology 2550 11/9/11 Watching Racism- it’s In the News! Racism exists today through many different vehicles. One would naively think that when President Barack Obama won the Presidential election that that was a sign of times changing‚ but this country remains the same. Just turn on any national news network and racism permeates through every story‚ every sound bite‚ and even every news reporter. It’s called incognizant racism‚ and it’s going unnoticed under the radar. One
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Introduction One of the most prevalent reasons or factors that appear to have shaped racism in these countries is the economic divide between ethnicities as a result of its historical roots. Historically speaking‚ Africans were employed as slaves in countries such as Brazil‚ United States‚ and Mexico‚ although the extent of the racism exhibited varied between each country and depended on different factors. Brazil was one of the last countries to abolish slavery in 1888‚ shortly after Cuba abolished
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more than any other. That particular set of lessons revolved around the issue of racism. <br> <br>Racism has taken on a new comprehension within my thoughts and mind over the course of this semester. I had always considered racism a baneful idea and an even more wicked practice. We defined it as a prejudice based upon the color of one’s skin or race. Although laws have outlawed the practice of segregation and racism‚ we have seen as a class that it is still practiced within a country that declares
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What are the causes and effects of racism? Racism has existed throughout human history. We can define it as the hatred of one person by another‚ or the belief that a person is better or more “human” than someone else‚ because of his nationality‚ language‚ skin color or any other factor that somehow reveals the basic nature of that person. It has influenced wars‚ genocides‚ slavery and had many bad consequences all around the world. Racism is caused for a variety of reasons. Firstly‚it
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Racism is something we’ve all seen. Racism is very bad and offensive. Racism can be harmful to others. It’s very disrespectful to black people. Some people believe that racism will never be fixed. Here are reasons why racism is bad and how we can help. Blacks are most of the time be treated terrible‚ and we need to start treating them with respect and kindness. Some blacks don’t have shelter and have to sleep in the streets. Some blacks don’t have money for food. Many have fought in war and saved
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