The Social Inequality of Race "Bush Opposes Diversity Policy at University" by By Edwin Chen and Nick Anderson, L.A. ... When we examine the social inequality of Race, we begin to see the framework for a system that continues to struggle with class division, ethnic status and racism. ... The issue has increased awareness of unfair practices and prejudice within various social institutions. ... It is with a heavy heart and with a cloud of guilt over its head that American society grapples with inequalities of social class and race. ... The implementation of affirmative action has lo...

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To be fair, an individual should be judged on his or her merit regardless of race, religious beliefs, color, gender, physical and/or mental disability, marital status, family status, source of income, age, ancestry, place of origin or sexual orientation. ... In the context of social behavior, prejudice can create intergroup conflict, social categorization, and social inequities. ... Social categorization is human behavior leading to division of people into groups. ... These being direct intergroup contact, social learning, social recategorization (us and them) and cognitive interventions (w...

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The reason Affirmative action came about was to aid minorities in improving their social status, since some earlier social injustices and prejudices hindered them in the past. ... However, the minority student came from a very wealthy family, and therefore I don't understand why affirmative action would be needed for him to "improve" his socio-economic status. ... I am not saying that affirmative action should be banned altogether, and these days it just so happens that many families of relatively low economic class are minorities, the many remnants of social discrimination that occurs to...

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This movement's success inspired many other social movements, including the Women's Liberation Movement. ... Participation in the Civil Rights Movement empowered SNCC female members to challenge their inferior status to men by affording these women the opportunity to articulate their opinions. ... Once they realized that they had the skills necessary for initiating reform, they began "to resent performing the mundane tasks reflective of their second-class status" (Polletta, 2002, p. 155). ... The Civil Rights Movement also changed the culture of advocacy – it made soc...

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a lot about subcultures, there is a subculture called "straight-edge- that condone a sex, drug, and alcohol free lifestyle in comparison to subculture, a counterculture is something that goes against regular culture (for example, anarchists and punks) each society and culture creates its own mores, values, norms, traditions, and taboos, and the rules for "breaking- those about socialization and the effects of isolation (Anna, Isabelle, and Genie from Ch. 5) parental characteristics such as level of education, religious orientation, economic status, cultural heritage and occupational b...

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Equality is a state of having equal right, opportunities, status, and advantages without discrimination and disparity among the people living in the same boundary. ... As per Ehrhart(2009), the life expectancy of people depends on the economic status which means that the life expectancy of the rich people is greater than the life expectancy of poor people. ... Thought the law states social equalities yet the social problems are unexceptional in Bhutanese society. ... Thought the social conflicts are not recognized formally, there are lots of social problems either unnoticed or neglected. ... A...

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To calm their fear, whites demand more police presence to ensure social control in black communities. ... Credit ratings may also vary even for blacks and whites with comparable economic status. ... "Socioeconomic status and acculturation" determine social mobility (Charles, 2003, p. 170). ... Overall, consideration of the three theories results to fear based on racial stereotyping, individual and institutional prejudice and discrimination, and little improvement in the socioeconomic status of blacks as causes of the persisting racial residential segregation. ...

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Some questions that the author asks are: does the age discrimination influence mental health, and does this relationship vary by social characteristics such as age, gender, race and social class and how do the psychosocial resources of sense of control and social support explain the relationship between the age discrimination and mental health. ... The goal of the study is to learn about the relationship between social characteristics related to perceived age discrimination and their influence on mental health of people in different social and age groups. ... It was also discovered that experi...

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It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ... The politics until today remains the destiny of men; family defines the status of women in most cases. ... Shortly, all 103 respondents were people of both sexes, different ages and social status. ... The totalitarian society tried to construct true equality and improve the political status of women; the reforms of socialism could have a breakthrough effect in the development and resolution of this issue. ... Thus it undertook the functions of main official conductor of social...

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This is where Social Darwinism comes into play. ... Following Social Darwinism was eugenics. ... Ethnocentrism and racism maintain the status quo by dividing individuals along racial and ethnic lines in a conflict perspective. Lastly, with an interactionist perspective, it is said that race is a social construct. ... Race is a social concept, not a biological concept. ...

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They experience violence, discrimination, and social exclusion on a daily basis. ... Scheduled Castes, once untouchables (even now the system prevails, revives), now popularly termed Dalits because of their general oppressed nature are in the lower rungs of the social ladder. ... These words, particularly the prefix of 'Adi', denote the aboriginal inhabitants of the land.4 The caste system, which has existed for more than 3000 years in India, is a traditional system of social segregation, which works on the principle of purity and pollution. ... Distribution of water and control o...

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The setting of this novel is 1970's southern states of America, where racial discrimination is a common practice and those of low social economic status are looked down upon by society. ... Consequently, Gibbons cleverly emphasises that through family values and social attitudes, individuals can gain knowledge upon how distant larger families struggle to convey sanction and responsibility for their own, unless for their own social gain. ... Through an unlikely and socially frowned upon friendship with a young girl named Starletta, over time and through experience, Ellen finally cast aside...

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Lookism is somehow connected to conceptions of beauty or cultural and social stereotyping toward people's appearance as well as gender roles and expectations. ... Also physical attraction had the most influential power on people's judgments of social abilities, but had very small or non-substantial impact on judgments of concern for others and integrity. ... For a long time, we have been thinking that a larger man may have been able to offer more protection to their children, have superior inherited abilities to pass on to their future generations, and thus may be given with be...

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It became most noticeable in the 1960's civil rights movement that was designed to break down the barriers of segregation and exclusion against people of minority status. People of minority status encompassed a broad spectrum of individuals. ... "These tests cover knowledge and concepts in reading, math, science, and social studies. ... Reading 25% 14% Math 8% 4% Science 9% 6% Social studies 27% 20% The absolute numbers of Wisconsin 10th graders behind those percentages represents a substantial pool of prospects for UW-Madison. ... Scored "Advanced" in Wisconsin 10th Graders Bla...

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Many critics agree that these civil victories such as Affirmative Action "were more a product of an elite response to pressure politics and social unrest than to broad public opinion" (Ong 14). ... This is not only unfair to employers and the white males who are not given deserved positions, but it also not beneficial to the economic status of the United States. ...

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Throughout World War II, seeds were being planted for the Civil Rights Movement. "Jim Crow" laws dominated the United States, and they dominated the battlefields of the war as well. As the war raged on and the battle against Nazi Germany was won, discrimination against non-white people became mor...

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Thus, the status of African American life has changed insignificantly since the Civil Rights Movement. ... The Movement failed to eliminate social, physiological, and economic discrimination against African Americans. ... But as evidenced through America's past, legislature does not necessarily set the precedent for social change. ... These are just a few examples that display the social inequalities in regard to African Americans. ... To this day, only political gain has been achieved, leaving American Americans socially and economically unequal. ...

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Federal EEO laws prohibit an employer from discriminating against persons in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, evaluation, promotion, training, compensation, discipline, retention and working conditions, because of their protected status. ... And although universities have equal number of capacities for these different fields, male students tend to pursue degrees in engineering, architecture, physics in science, computer science, and business and management; Females however, are heavily concentrated in nursing, home economics, education, social sciences, and humaniti...

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Now, in today's society, women and minorities are presidents and CEO's of Fortune Five Hundred companies, they run their own successful businesses, and have high status governmental positions. ... A general definition of this guiding principle of diversity is, " any effort taken to fully integrate our society by expanding educational, employment, and contracting opportunities to the multitude of gender, ethnic, national origin, and handicapped-condition groups that have been and remain locked out of full economic, social, and/or political participation in our country." (Grapes 9) In...

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Yet no matter what circumstances the individual faces the physical, social, emotional, spiritual & cultural needs of the individual need to met for the well-being of the individual. ... The social, emotional, physical needs of the individual can be satisfied & enhanced through the money & status gained from paid work. Social interactions, financial security, leisure activities, & resources all become enhanced through paid work. ... NSW Anti-discrimination was legislated making it unlawful for people to be discriminated against as an employee or job applicant on the grounds of age, sex, pregn...

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Once people have formed attitudes in general, and prejudices in particular, they are reluctant to change their minds for several reasons: 1) The cognitive payoff, 2) The social payoff, 3) The economic payoff, 4) The psychological payoff. ... It may be accepted social practice, as when members of one group refuse to hire or promote people who are different from them. ... But sometimes people who have prejudiced attitudes are prevented from discriminating because of the law, or social convention, or other interests. ... Discrimination against Homosexual's A widespread form of discrimination...

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Race, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual preference, socio-economic status, standardized test scores, lineage and disability. ... The long term impact of slavery and other kinds of discrimination, if not corrected by some process, will continue to drive the social ills that pervade American society; illiteracy, unemployment, racism and crime. ... Therefore, Proposition 209 causes further social ill than did the affirmative action policy that allowed for students to be accepted into the California school system. ...

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Restructuring a discriminatory status quo to create a nondiscriminatory environment isn't "reverse discrimination," but rather a means of demolishing the barrier of racial and gender discrimination. ... Many people in the civil rights movement saw the economic and social disparity between the African Americans and whites and just another form of discrimination and began calling for equal employment opportunities. ... A study conducted by two professors at the University of Pittsburgh has attributed this to four different reasons: (1) self-interest, (2) procedural justice (if an issue is ...

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He verbally contested the government and, in response to his resistance and the social and political climate at that time, the United States passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, forbidding racial discrimination in "public accommodations" and race and sex discrimination in employment (www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html). ... Affirmative action may inadvertently give an impression that minority individuals receive a job or admission to a college due to their minority status, rather than their own merit. This, in turn, may make the individual feel excluded and possibly not worthy of what he or she...

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He verbally contested the government and, in response to his resistance and the social and political climate at that time, the United States passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, forbidding racial discrimination in "public accommodations" and race and sex discrimination in employment (www.now.org/nnt/08-95/affirmhs.html). ... Affirmative action may inadvertently give an impression that minority individuals receive a job or admission to a college due to their minority status, rather than their own merit. This, in turn, may make the individual feel excluded and possibly not worthy of what he or she...

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