Racism In Pediatricia

Discriminatory practice in health and social care happens for many reasons including some important factors that are normally the cause of discriminatory practice for example a person may be discriminated against because on the basis of their diversity. One important discriminatory practice is because of culture. A person’s Culture is important to them and identifies who they are in the world. It is developed within the social group they are raised in, and can change when they are mature enough to decide for their selves what culture best suit them. In addition respecting a person’s culture is

Hispanics experience a great deal of prejudice and discrimination, the result of a perceived economic and cultural threat that Hispanics pose to non-Hispanics (Trujillo, 2011). Hispanics have a deep belief that all

One of the major groups of people who can make this happen is the hospital staff. They have been accustomed to “going with the flow” and not necessarily informing its’ patients on upcoming dilemmas or situations that can be preventable within their facility. With the nonwhite population of the United States steadily growing increasing the number of physicians who are of various ethnicities could potentially decrease some disparities. Physicians who are nonwhite provide a “disproportionate share of care to underserved populations” ((Marrast, Zallman, Woolhandler, Bor, & McCormick, 2014). With more physicians of color providing care to people of the same ethnicity a level of trust should be reached thus improving patients care practices at home.

Systematic racism within education Institutions, such as the lack of adequate funding as well as subtle discrimination, continues to be the root of the problem that plagues this nation. Even though segregation was abolished in 1964, the lingering effects that remain are significant and cannot be passively mended. Although it is tempting to think that this prejudice is caused by a select few and not the many, it is clear that this problem holds more depth. Recent studies conducted by the National Education Studies (NEA) have proven that even in school’s African American students are often times targeted and punished at a significantly higher rate when compared to their white peers. The study states “Black students make up almost 40 percent of all school expulsions [in the] nation, and more than two thirds of students referred to police from schools are either black or Hispanic” (Blacks: Education Issues). This study conducted by the Department of Education, cabinet-level department of the United States

According to Essed (1991), the everyday experiences of racism and racist practice involve those routine activities perceived by the majority to be normal and neutral, yet these putdowns and demotions are negatively experienced by minority women and men as a violation of their dignity and humanity. Essed (2002) also points out that everyday racism is entrenched within mainstream institutions so that patterns of dominance are largely invisible to those in power and passively tolerated by the majority. Finally, she argues that it’s not the actions per se that determine whether racism is at play; instead it’s about the contexts that define acts as racist. Everyday racism is subsequently defined (Essed 1991, 5) as a process in which (a) socialized

When Americans think of racism, they usually think of slavery, and that racism is no longer a problem in America. However, this is not the case. Racism is still obvious in America. Racism can be linked directly to stereotypical mindsets of certain groups of people.  Today’s racism is not restricted to whites and blacks, and it has come to define many different groups and races. Pigmentation as well as physical characteristics and features still are influential for classifying people. It is easy to overlook the racism that hides below the surface and is part of American life. Today, an estimate 54 million Latinos live in the U.S. and around 43 million people speak Spanish. Although Latinos are the country’s largest minority, anti-Latino prejudice is still common. Very few Americans recognize, acknowledge, and respect the contributions of one of America’s greatest ethnic groups – Hispanics. Americans are often confused as to who Hispanics really are and what they represent in America. Although the United States is known for having a melting pot of diverse cultures, recent studies have shown the rise of discrimination against Latinos and Hispanics immigrants. A person’s legal status should not be an excuse for mistreatment.

When attempting to understand health care disparity, one must first also understand race. As race applies to health care inequity, Williams and Sternthal (2010) suggested that race is not purely biological but also a social classification system created by the hegemonic class. As such, favorable traits are those attributable to whites, thus creating an atmosphere predisposed to prejudices. In a health care setting where providers rely on swift judgment and scientific data to arrive at decisions, culturally ingrained norms are bound to influence attitudes

From evidence based practice, it has been proven that racism and discrimination is evident in our society. As defined by Webster’s Dictionary, “racism is the poor treatment or violence against people because of their race; and discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people” (Merriam Webster, 2015). However, in America many immigrants witness, and as well become victims of such behaviors. The hopes and dreams of happiness and sovereignty while in America for some can be a harsh reality. In fact, immigrants are faced with employment discrimination, healthcare discrimination and last but not least housing discrimination. However, this alone can be challenging while fighting to overcome oppression. In the article below these issues are addressed by Isabell Martinez a Hispanic immigrant, and examined alongside the critical race theory, which explains racial inequality in the U.S.

Response paper: “Fear of the other is fear of myself.” As I read “Reasonable Suspicion of being Mojado: the Legal Degradation of Latinos in Immigration Enforcement” by Javier Perez, I could not help but to feel a gut wrenching feeling in the pit of my stomach. I know all too well “that” feeling, that feeling you get when you know that you are being judged by your appearance. I am a product of “El Segundo Barrio” a predominately Mexican neighborhood on the south side of El Paso. Having been raised in a neighborhood where everyone looks the same, I did not experience anything remotely similar until I graduated from high school and left the confines of the Sun City.

One of the points raised in IOM’s article to prove that racism is a prevalent cause of health care disparity is the way the health care system is set-up, meaning at times, some hospitals and clinics can adopt a policy to contain health care cost, but may pose hindrances to minority patients’ capability to access the care.

While today’s “patients [have] one thing going for them that Henrietta didn't: They [are] alive. And the dead have no right to privacy-even if part of them is still alive,” (Skloot 211) history’s ethical debate regarding medical racism remains a social issue. When patients experience racism, they may be unable to defend themselves if they are incapacitated by medical professionals. Due to patient negligence and bias, the health care provider’s poor treatment breaks the trust of minorities. As shown in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and treatment of Henrietta Lacks, doctors and researchers have failed to inform the participants correctly. Both occurrences highlight medical racism because of the historical maltreatment of minority groups. Now, many

Furthermore, racism can be seen in anti-immigration laws, the criminalization of immigrants by the government, media, and citizens, as well as in the abundance of harsh notions they all promote. The criminalization of people of color has been historically prevalent in order to give them a bad image and justify racist acts against them. Consequently, an AP survey conducted in 2011 showed that, “...52 percent of non-Hispanic whites expressed anti-Hispanic attitudes” (Associated Press). Another study conducted in 2014 found that ”... opposition to undocumented immigration in the U.S. may not be as strong as it is currently if the undocumented immigrants appeared to be more Caucasian” (Anastasopoulos 13-14). Race has been used to give many negative

The relationship of systemic racism to the unemployment, underemployment, and poverty facing Puerto Ricans is viewed as institutionalized discrimination. Some of the cases of institutionalized discrimination towards the Puerto Ricans can be clearly seen when they have been defined by color and also a bias towards their languages. Thus restricting them from applying in many jobs making a big scale of differences between the high unemployment rate and also Puerto Ricans in the low-level employment.

According to the video, there are many implications that healthcare professionals face when treating diverse groups in America. It does not matter what healthcare profession you are in there is always going to be diversity with patients and not to forget the professional. In the video, “Unnatural Cases…Is inequality making us sick?” Dr. David and Dr. Collins who are both neonatologist, want to find out why there are more infant mortality, premature babies born to African American women than there are in White American women. Their first assumption was due to economic differences. In the case of Kim Anderson, it proved otherwise. Kim Anderson was a well-educated woman, who was living the American dream. She was well educated, took very good

In the last twenty years, the rising number of disparities in health and healthcare has increased simultaneously with the influx of minorities within the population (Baldwin, 2003) A4. As the size of an ethnically diverse population steadily continues to increase, so will the level of complexities of patients’ health needs, which nurses and other healthcare staff will be expected to address (Black, 2008) A1. The issue of racial, ethnic and health disparities for minorities exists for several complex reasons, however, even with this being widely known, very little action has been taken to try and correct it (Baldwin, 2003) A4. Research findings suggest that without actively implementing cultural diversity within the healthcare workforce, quality in healthcare will decline while health disparities continue to rise (Lowe & Archibald, 2009) A3. So although the shortage of nursing staff should be a high-priority for change in the U.S., the need for more registered nurses with racially