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

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40

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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

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• 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?