Essays on Discrimination

Part AThe podcast highlights an experiment in racial discrimination that a teacher used to improve the awareness of her class on prejudice during the peak of the civil rights movement. The video titled “A Class Divided” starts by highlighting a reunion of the then third graders who took part in...

As early as the 1600s, the discrimination against the Transgender people was already engraved in our history. With Queen Christina of Sweden, who was often considered bisexual, dressed in men’s clothing and even went to the extent of renaming herself “Count Dohna.” (LGBT Resource Center).  The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,...

Prejudice is the act of forming an opinion about someone without full knowledge of the person expressed through discrimination and stereotyping. Targets of prejudice have characteristics that make them different from the rest as explained by Saul (2008) in Prejudice and Discrimination 1. Such characteristics include religion, gender, social class,...

Every day, every person gets a different opinion and attitudes towards the world around them. Our opinions about ideas, opinions, events, people or objects contribute in a great way in the way we live and socialize with each other. It is essential to learn about the different types of attitude...

I chose to write on gender inequality in workplaces since it was a pressing issue in my previous working place. It was superficial that women were discriminated in workplaces which makes them feel sort of lesser human beings. Despite the constitution’s laws instituted for protection against gender inequality, there has...

According to the article, “Colorism within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)” by Marybeth Gasman and Ufuoma Abiola, colorism is termed as a form of discrimination that is primarily based on skin tone, whereby, lighter skinned blacks are privilege while on the other hand, dark-skinned blacks are penalized (Gasman,...

There have been many cases of prejudice in our society and around the world. Similarly, there are varied causes and consequences of prejudice. There are many people who have been affected by prejudice across the world. Prejudice mainly arises as result of premature judgment and attitude that people have towards...

From the time in memorial, discrimination is a vice that has always existed, manifesting through various forms and contexts. One of the popular variations of discrimination that has stood the test of time is colorism. When tracing its occurrence in history, it is essential to note that colorism was and...

Women are still viewed as inferior compared to the male counterparts regardless of colour or educational qualifications. However, the perceived glass ceiling paced for women by the male dominated society can be obliterated when appropriate policy interventions are put in place to address the gender inequality issue (Amis et al.,...

The Allegations Against Microsoft The article by Fiegerman discusses the allegations against Microsoft on the issue of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The author notes that employees of Microsoft have reported 108 cases of sexual harassment and 119 incidences of gender discrimination between 2010 and 2016. Apparently, the company has allowed...

Physical attractiveness and employment Physical attractiveness and beauty have become an asset and talent when it comes to being employed. Like any other jobs, careers like modeling use these assets because it's mostly required for success. Other careers that don't require beauty including being a doctor and engineering as expected requires...

The Decision to Hire an Employee and Legal Aspects The decision to hire an employee people should partly depend on the legal aspects that determine if employees or applicants should have tattoos or any other body modifications. First, Elzweig and Peeples depicted that the ever-increasing trend of people with a tattoo...