RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Racial Discrimination



RACISM IN BRITISH SOCIETY

Introduction

For the purpose and objective of making significant amends and drawing viable and justified conclusion, we shall discuss the concept of discrimination in great detail. This phenomenon generally occurs in our daily lives; from schools, colleges and universities to even more professional settings such as the corporate world. Now when it comes to discrimination, there have been several forms and types that prevail within the context of our routine that we face. These include racial discrimination, sexual discrimination, employee discrimination, ethnic discrimination and discrimination of religion at the same time.

Discrimination has been a serious concern for corporations even today for all of us to succumb and see. Recently, discrimination against lesbian women and gay men in the military has received a considerable amount of attention. Throughout British history, military service personnel have been removed from duty for identifying themselves as gay or lesbian. Considerable attention has also been devoted to violence against lesbian women and gay men. Many studies, for example, suggest that gay and lesbian youth are more likely to be bullied than heterosexual adolescents. Discrimination against gay and lesbian people can have lasting psychological effects. When a gay or lesbian person is fired, for example, they may suffer not only a loss of income but also a loss of self-worth. In other cases these psychological effects may be short-lived, as some lesbian women and gay men are able to recover from the discrimination they confront.

Gender Differences in Discriminatory Behaviour

Scholars exploring sexual orientation-based discrimination have also outlined important gender differences. These scholars argue that lesbian women experience different forms of discrimination than gay men. That is, lesbian women confront forms of discrimination unique to their position in society. For instance, lesbian women are often more likely than gay men to confront forms of sexual harassment in the workforce or to be passed over for a job promotion. Moreover, lesbian women also sometimes face discrimination based on their gender.

Discrimination against gay men, in contrast, often reinforces the cultural devaluation of femininity. In other words, gay men frequently experience discrimination when they are perceived as feminine. In this sense, sexual orientation-based discrimination encourages men to perform gender in traditionally masculine ways.

Discrimination has also been shown to vary considerably based on race and social class. Gay and lesbian people who are black or Latino, for instance, may confront forms of discrimination that their white counterparts do not. Social class further complicates this picture, as middle-class gay and lesbian people do not face many of the challenges confronting poor lesbian women and gay men.

Employment Discrimination in the British mainframe

The increasing diversity of the British workforce begets both opportunity and challenge. One of the challenges that has received a great deal of attention from organizational and social psychologists is unequal, stereotype-driven treatment of members of socially disadvantaged groups (e.g., women and ethnic minorities) (Dominelli, 2008). Within this large and growing field of inquiry, researchers agree that contemporary forms of discrimination are subtler than the overtly prejudiced behaviours ...