Essay about The Potential Effects of Discrimination

What is discrimination you ask well it is the treatment or consideration of, or making

America has had discrimination against minorities for a long time and it will continue to have it until people treat minorities with respect. Discrimination is when people treat minorities bad because of their skin color, ethnicity and the place they were born. For immigrants, the problems they had to arrive to America were not a good experience only by the struggle to gain acceptance among the population. Most immigrants came to the U.S. to have a better life and give education to their children. Almost all immigrants have experienced discrimination at some point in their life and even some are still experiencing it today. Most Latinos don’t have a choice but to deal with it because they know they are illegal and they can’t say anything

Discrimination is when someone has a bias opinion on a specific crowd of people due to their race, sex, religion, or order of rank. This basically goes hand in hand with the phrase judging a book by its cover meaning the person with the negative opinion will not give the other individual a fair chance for the reason being they are being stereotypical and not thinking of the other person’s talent, or character. A modern day example of discrimination would be if a male employer were to compensate a female employee a lower pay due to her gender. At some time in everyone’s life due to today society, we have all been victimized by discrimination. Whether it may be a dirty look from a random person, or the way you dress, talk, and even look.

Sandra is sixty years old, she was diagnosed with dementia three years ago, however last year she suffered a massive stroke which affected her right side leaving her unable to use her right arm and leg which has left her having to use a wheelchair, Sandra is also suffering from depression which she takes antidepressants for. Sandra lives at home with her husband Michael who is sixty-five years old, they also have two children called Louise and Laura. Louise lives in Australia and worries about her mother not receiving the help she needs, she thinks that her mother should go into a care home, Laura lives close and

A person who is excluded from a group is disempowered. Inclusion is a strong and forceful need. Many people consider being part of a tribe, gang, clique or social group a necessary part of their life. Exclusion is disempowering. We are aware of bullying in schools, and the words still resound in my ears, “You can’t be part of our gang!”

Across the nation, millions of Americans of all races turn on the television or open a newspaper and are bombarded with images of well dressed, articulate, attractive black people advertising different products and representing respected companies. The population of black professionals in all arenas of work has risen to the point where seeing a black physician, attorney, or a college professor are becoming more a common sight. More and more black people are holding positions of respect and authority throughout America today, such as Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Condelezza Rice and many other prominent black executives. As a result of their apparent success, these black people are seen as role models for many Americans, despite their race.

Discrimination takes place in a variety of settings, for example, within educational establishments, where learners may not be given support and encouragement if it's assumed that their disability or advancing years affects their ability to learn. In the workplace, when people are persecuted on the basis of their skin colour or sexual

Discrimination is treating someone differently, often unfairly, because he/she is a part of a specific group, class or category of people. For instance, a girl named Wu Qing in China was discriminated against and could not find a job because how her body was a bit chubby and the scars in her face from an accident in her early childhood. Even though she was kind and used to be straight-A student, she had no friends. Now, she is looking for selling her kidney in order to pay the plastic surgery fee. Discrimination can change a person from innocent to evil is an important theme in the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. Even though

Unfortunately due to our past history, discrimination had been among us from since decades. Discrimination and prejudice would probably be among us until the end of the world. Prejudice and discrimination is an action that treats people unfairly because of their membership in a particular social group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs to rather on that individual. It is an unfair treatment to a person, racial group, and minority. It is an action based on prejudice.

Ann is seventy-seven-year-old that was diagnosed with moderately advanced Alzheimer’s disease two years ago. She has periods of confusion, frustration, anger and obsessive thinking. When Ann began to realize her health was deteriorating, she and her husband Frank discussed their wishes should anything happen to them. Ann stated she would not want to be hooked to a breathing machine if she had no chance of survival and no papers were ever signed regarding this. Frank sincerely loved Ann, they were married for sixty years. As Ann’s Alzheimer’s progressed, Frank started to take care of Ann by cooking for her and cleaning all while watching her health decline. Eventually, for Ann’s safety she was admitted to a long term care facility. After three weeks in the nursing facility Ann developed pneumonia and was transported to the local hospital and started on

As a student nurse training within the health profession, I realised that a lot of patients whom are at old age experience dementia. During my first placement, I was working in the rehabilitation ward at Broadmeadows Health Service working under the guidance of my mentor, taking care of a seventy-eight-year-old patient, Mr Joseph. Mr Joseph was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end stage kidney failure and respiratory distress. During his stay in the hospital he had a regular schedules of dialysis, which was performed every other day, four hours each time. I had been asked by Mr Joseph personally to be taken to the dialysis theatre to proceed his dialysis. However, during handover that morning, I was informed that Mr Joseph’s

Alice ended up telling her colleagues about her diagnosis much later than when she told John. She only told them when she realized how much her teaching has slipped up and knowing it was only going to get worse with time. Alice would forget a whole lecture even though she just spent hours reviewing and studying her notes before class. One time she even went into her classroom and sat down for a few minutes just to get up and walk out of her classroom without teaching one thing. Alice ends up sending a formal letter to all her colleagues letting them know that she has Alzheimer and is going to be stepping down. Most of them stop by her office and offer their condolences after receiving her letter. After finding out her colleagues pretty much avoided Alice but if they did run across her they were polite, but quick to excuse themselves from her presence. This was hurtful for Alice because she once considered everybody in her department almost like a second family.

“Discrimination: treating a person or group differently when the reason is not relevant”(Kaye and Thomson). A double standard is created when a rule or regulation does not fairly apply to all groups. An example of this is racism’s double standard that has been created while trying to amend to unfairness created by racism. These double standard are hostile to attempts of true equality due to the harm it causes to the media/justice system create reverse discrimination, and affect college admissions unfairly.

The scenario that will be reflected on will be based on a situation that occurred with a patient called Mrs Jones. Mrs Jones suffered from terminal cancer and had dementia, she was a long-term resident in a

It was hot sunny when I knocked on a stranger’s door in Inglewood California while canvassing for LGBTQ rights. I remember it clearly considering how sick I was. I had a stubborn cold, but it wasn’t as I was. Nothing was going to stop me from reaching out to as many people as I could to talk about an issue I held close to my heart. As I climbed the three steps to this modest house and knocked on the metal screen door, a petite middle-aged woman answered the door. “I don’t talk to solicitors,” she said, to which I replied “No ma’am I am not a solicitor. I am here to talk about LGBTQ equality”. Immediately I could sense hesitation, and even reluctance from her, but she seemed willing to hear me out. Her name was April, and I explained to her that I worked with a group whose mission it was to reduce discrimination by means of a conversation. In other words, this was dialogue with intention. It was imperative for me to communicate to her that I wasn’t there to judge or to preach, but to understand, to listen, and to ultimately persuade her to engage in similar dialogues in the future.