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DISCRIMINATION
IN EVERYDAY LIFE WHEN PREJUDICES BECOME ACTION
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT DURING THIS LECTURE…
•HOW IS PREJUDICE IDEOLOGIES RELATED TO DISCRIMINATION?
•ARE THERE DIFFERENT FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION?
•WHO IS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?
•HOW DOES THE KEY CONCEPTS APPLY TO THE READINGS THIS WEEK?
WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION?Unequal treatment that is usually influenced by prejudice attitudes about the persons ethnic group, race, religion, sexuality, or gender.
WHERE DOES DISCRIMINATION TAKE PLACE?
•IN INSTITUTIONS
•IN EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS
In what social institutions have you experienced discrimination?
INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATIONINSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION
DIRECT INSTITUTIONALIZED DISCRIMINATION
INDIRECT INSTITUTIONALIZED DISCRIMINATION
WHAT IS INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION?
UNFAIR PRACTICES THAT ARE IMBEDDED IN OUR SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF TRADITIONALLY
ACCEPTED BEHAVIORS
INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION
DIRECT
•ORGANIZATIONAL OR COMMUNITY ACTIONS INTENDED TO DEPRIVE A RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITY OF ITS RIGHT
•EX: PLESSY V. FERGUSON
INDIRECT
•UNINTENTIONAL BEHAVIOR OR POLICIES THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS MINORITIES.
•EX: CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM
INDIRECT DISCRIMINATION: CAHSEE
Asian
Amer
ican
s
Afric
an A
mer
ican
Filip
ino
Hispan
ic
Pacific
Island
er
White
0
40
80
2004 CAHSEE scores by economic status and ethnic-ity
economically disadvantaged not econmically disadvantaged Column1
Long Beach Unified School District- The percentage of students that passed the CAHSEE during their first attempt in the 10th grade. Data retrieved from cahsee.cde.ca.gov
DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS
• CHILDREN LIVING IN POOR AND MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS RECEIVE FEWER RESOURCES, HAVE LESS QUALIFIED TEACHERS, AND GO TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE TYPICALLY PHYSICALLY UNSOUND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xdfVAPvv9A
DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACEWAGE GAP: BY GENDER AND RACE
THE GLASS CEILING
OVERT DISCRIMINATION
ROGERS V. AMERICAN AIRLINES
WAGE GAP BY GENDER
white african american asian or pacific islander latino0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
Median Household Income by Race and Latino Origin
1989 2001
Data reported in Sociology 9th edition by Shepard
WAGE GAP BY RACE AND GENDER
total white black asian hispanic or latino ethnically
0200400600800
10001200
Median weekly income in dollars by race/ethnicity and gender (2011)
women men Column1
Statistics retrieved from BLS.gov
THE GLASS CEILING "the unseen, yet unbreakable barrier that keeps minorities and women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, regardless of their qualifications or achievements.".
Quote taken from Solid Investments: Making Full Use of the Nation's Human Capital
WHAT’S CAUSING THESE GAPS?•DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES
•DISCRIMINATORY RECRUITING PRACTICES
•OVERT DISCRIMINATION
DISCRIMINATION IN EVERYDAY SOCIAL INTERACTIONHATE CRIMES
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS
GENTRIFICATION
RESTAURANTS/AIRPLANE SEATING
HATE CRIMES
HATE (OR BIAS) CRIMES ARE CRIMINAL ACTS MOTIVATED BY PREJUDICE RELATED TO RACE, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR ANCESTRY.
•HATE CRIMES THAT TARGETED MUSLIM'S INCREASED FROM 28 CASES IN 2000 TO 481 CASES IN 2001.
• 45 STATES HAVE PASSED HATE CRIME LAWS
HOUSING DISCRIMINATIO
N
• GATED COMMUNITIES
• GENTRIFICATION (WHITE FLIGHT)
• DENYING MORTGAGE AND RENTAL APPLICATIONS BASED ON PREJUDICES
http://youtu.be/c_3mSW8XUZI
“TABLESIDE RACISM”
• AFTER POLLING 200 SERVERS IN 18 NORTH CAROLINA RESTAURANTS, RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT A SHOCKING 38.5% DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BLACK CUSTOMERS.
• 52.8% OF SERVERS REPORTED SEEING OTHER SERVERS DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CUSTOMERS.
• BLACK DINERS REPORTED HAVING TO BE ASKED TO WAIT UNREASONABLE AMOUNTS OF TIME FOR A TABLE AND EVEN TO BE REFUSED SERVICE.
Have you experienced tableside discrimination?