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The Problem:
DISCRIMINATION
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
DISCRIMINATION:HISTORY
GOVERNMENTALLY:
Accepted
Minorities and Women were not constituted as equals
Required
In 1857 the Supreme Court of the North and South referred to slaves “as beings of an inferior order, and all together unfit to associate with the White race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect”.
Examples of Historical Inequality:
SLAVES NOR WOMEN COULD:
Vote Serve on Juries Hold Office Bring suit in their own
name Not Own Property Not Serve as Legal
Guardians
Why Does History Matter?
IT IS THE ROOT OF: Present Inequality Continuance of
Oppression Ethnicity
Categorizations Racial Barriers
Examples of Present Day Discrimination
Individual
Organizational
Structural
Discrimination DEFINED
INDIVIDUAL:
Intentional or unintentional prejudiced attitudes and behaviors of individuals
Example of Individual Discrimination
Those who are female and/or minority being led by guidance counselors or teachers
down a simpler career path due to their low expectations of the students. Thus, the
students do not challenge themselves with more difficult subjects, which would have
led one to a job with higher pay.
ORGANIZATIONAL:
Organizations whose way of business is conducted through discrimination, and is guided by
company rules and policies.
Discrimination DEFINED
Example of Organizational Discrimination
Organizations who use nepotism when hiring. This results in the hiring of more whites, and does not give minorities a chance due to past
employment usually being white.
STRUCTURAL:
Discrimination that occurs in areas between employment, education, housing, and government
Discrimination DEFINED
Example of Structural Discrimination
Minorities living in high-crime areas who aremore likely to be accused of a crime than
whites. Employers use this crime record as abar when hiring, thus the minorities are less
likely to be hired than whites.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DISCRIMINATION WORKS IN MODERN SOCIETY??
BECAUSE... It STILL exists
Many people are not aware it exists because they do not experience it
Understanding others experiences opens our eyes to the existing prejudices we and others possess
Opening our eyes can lead to making a difference
UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OFDISCRIMINATION
Discrimination continues through the actions of individuals.
Discrimination does not happen by chance.
Past discrimination presently effects minorities and women.
The process of discrimination is a woven pattern of past and present prejudiced attitudes and behaviors.
Discrimination is a result of historical myths and
stereotypes, and will persist as long as this history is kept in the closet.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT FUTURE DISCRIMINATION?
Educate yourself on why discrimination exists
Educate others Look deeper than
the surface Be aware of your
own actions and/or privileges
THE PROOF IS IN THE PAST!
If you do not believe discrimination was a part of the
foundation of the U.S., then look ahead...
SLAVERY...
WAS NOT ABOLISHED UNTIL THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
shall exist in the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
MINOR VS. HAPPERSETT, 1875
This was a case that could not grant a woman the right to vote, although they were considered citizens as indicated
in the 14th Amendment in 1868.
Evidence Reveals...
Minorities and women had to be amended as equals, which took place in the late 19th century.
Convincing the government these people are equal to others took a few hundred years.
To think that people would suddenly stop their prejudices and the practices of discrimination
only one century after these amendments took place, would be naive.
Hence, THERE IS STILL WORK TO DO!