Social discrimination is a form of bigotry in which social decency toward or against an individual or group is based on social impression of their outlook, beliefs, or behavior. It can be a concerted behavior directed towards a group in affirmative action or negative behavior directed against a particular group as in race and tribal discrimination. The latter is the most typical meaning, i.e. negative discrimination (Social discrimination - Psychology Wiki -- Wikia). Social discrimination in areas such as race or religion is illegalized in most Western cultures, whilst discriminating people on the basis of virtue is normally acceptable. In case biased discrimination happens, it is normally identified as discrimination toward an individual person or a group, rather than discrimination between people or groups, which is openly the discernment of qualities and recognition of the differences.
Social Discrimination Still Seen Today
Fifty years hence, following Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's remarks on the effort to end observable discrimination has been on course far more than the effort to come through on economic, educational, or social fairness. Blacks have made wide strides in high school education; nevertheless, they still lag in college graduation rates (Wolf, 2014). Their earnings have risen and poverty rates have lowered, but a...
Although segregation at work and at the work place have gone down, many African-Americans identify with iconic segregation with overwhelming poverty levels in the surrounding environs. There has been a marked shift in people's attitude in matters to do with discrimination according to Michael Wenger, who is a senior research fellow at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Legislations to Prevent Discrimination
Several of laws that have been enacted to stop discrimination (EEOC, n.d.)):
The seventh title of the civil rights act of 1964 (Title VII) outlaws discrimination in employment on the basis of race, national origin, religion or color.
EPA, which is the law that advocates equal pay enacted in 1963 protects both genders when their input is equal against sex-based wage injustices.
There is the age discrimination Act of 1967. It protects people over the age of 40 from discrimination based on their age.
There is even a law under Title I and V that protects people with disabilities from being discriminated against when it comes to employment matters even though they may be equally qualified as the rest.
People with disabilities that work with the federal government are…
