Discrimination is something we have looked past for too long now. The first time there was discrimination going was in America during slavery. There was an amendment that was passed to stop slavery. The thing is, discrimination never stopped, it’s still a big thing in the world today. Discrimination is not right at all because you are picking and choosing what is right and what is wrong. It needs to be stopped.
There are many types of discrimination, and they all have different effects on the type of people we discriminate against. Retaliation discrimination is when you have done something that someone doesn’t like. The punishment for you may come as a wrongful termination. An example of it would be if a person is doing their job and you get fired for doing something that the management didn’t like, that would be retaliation discrimination. Disability discrimination is if you have a disability and are applying for a job but they don’t hire you because you are disabled, that would be discrimination. Sexual discrimination is very much alive everywhere. There are many reports and news articles on the subject, and sexual discrimination is still an issue. This can sometimes involve illegal activity such as assault. Sexual discrimination is when someone is treated differently because of their gender or sexual orientation. Age discrimination is when you aren’t allowed to do something because you are either too old or young. An example of this would be companies letting some of their older employees go to get younger people to do their job. Racial discrimination is people making fun of or talking bad about you just because you are a certain race. An example would be being rejected from a job because people don’t like your race. Another example would be if only white people were getting a raise but the people of color don’t get anything, that would be racial discrimination. Childhood discrimination is when a child has been talked down to so much in their young life that when they are older they don’t know how to act certain ways or treat people certain ways in different situations.
When children are young, sometimes they get treated unfairly and discriminated against because of their gender or race. This could be very detrimental to the children’s mental state and health if they experienced it. There are two different types of discrimination: direct and indirect. Direct discrimination would be when a child is treated differently because of their race or gender. Indirect discrimination is when a child is associated with another group of children and is treated differently (Weekes, 2017). If a child is being discriminated against, he or she could be at risk of developing poor mental health. If they have these kinds of experiences of discrimination, they will be affected because they won’t know what to do or say. The children that do experience discrimination will most likely develop a lower self-belief or self-worth. They might even feel flustered and won’t believe in themselves to go far in life.
The only way we will be able to end discrimination is if we stand together and put a stop to this. Parents have to raise their children with pride in their own race and culture. They have to teach their own children that discrimination is not an okay thing to do and it is against the law to discriminate against someone. Children need to be reassured that they don’t have to deal with being discriminated against alone and that the parent has to show the child that they support them in what they are going through. Teach children that they must accept all cultures and groups. Children can’t show that they are bothered by the discrimination by retaliating or showing aggression (parentline.com)
Discrimination has always been a part of our history. It has never stopped and will never stop because people in today's world are already wired to not like certain people or certain things they do. That is the problem with the world, we don’t know how to accept everyone in our lives because that is not what they were raised to believe in. We can’t change people’s beliefs but we can show them that everyone is the same and that we shouldn’t treat people differently no matter what the other person is or has.
The effects of trying to impose something like this on people will be big. The reason is people might not like change and that’s alright because it will take time for people to accept everyone and not be hesitant and afraid of the person. People all over the world won’t react the same as the other person because it is out of their comfort zone. People need to break out of their way of thinking and accept that everyone on the planet is the same no matter the race, gender, or color.
Some of the ways how we can stop discrimination are as follows. Firstly, don't go around saying stuff that is negative or derogatory about people as it relates to things outside their control. We have to be more aware of discrimination as we the people witness it. Ask your inner self if is there anything you can do on your own that would remedy the situation. We have to be intentional in the way we do things and favor those who are being discriminated against and those not being able to stand up for themselves. Say the words that are appropriate and practice the behavior we want children to imitate and grow up learning what is right. As parents and teachers, we have a huge influence on the children and how their views will change how we deal with discrimination. Guard the thoughts and words when those make discriminating remarks, and don’t try to retaliate, as it will only make things worse, especially for the person retaliating. Most importantly, stand up for what’s right, but don’t make a mistake when doing the right thing. Choose your friends carefully because the people who discriminate are not friends you want to hang out with.
The argument that can be made is if we solve how to stop discrimination, it will be by creating rules that discriminate. If this were to happen, it would create a different set of rules for each group, and that would be still discrimination as we do that, it would just create artificial restrictions on one demographic, it is an action that these guidelines seek to reverse. Another bad thing that would come out of it would be that it reinforces the ideas of racism and oppression. This would create a circumstance that can permanently embed the idea of racial things in society because there are always two sides to the equation. No discrimination means it would cause organizations to see a lower quality of work. These kinds of new rules might force the institutions to hire someone who is not that qualified for the job, but under the new law, they have to hire the person. Another disadvantage would be it would lower the accountability standards in society. If the standards were lowered, it would also decrease the amount of accountability that we have in society. Once these rules are set, it will be hard to stop them because these rules won’t be able to be contained. The disadvantage would make problems for legislators to change the law because there is going to be a disagreement on the effectiveness of these new policies that are set. It would be a disregard for the achievements that were made by the minority groups in society. The person it would disregard is Martin Luther King because he fought really hard during his time to change how people treat all races. If these kinds of laws were to be put in place, then all the people who fought against discrimination did it for nothing, and that is no right because it discredits them.
Discrimination has a big impact on children, so we just need to learn how not to discriminate and teach children that discrimination is wrong. Childhood discrimination is very important to me because there are children that are growing up being belittled, talked down to, and treated with disrespect. These children that experience will never know how to emotionally connect with anyone because they were never taught how to.
Discrimination in general is all over the world and it won’t stop unless someone steps up and says something. As I said change won’t happen right because people won’t be comfortable with it. People will need to take time to adjust to this new life. If nothing is done about discrimination, people will always be discriminated against in any way possible because there are so many different types in the world. These social injustices that happen all over the world, need to stop because there are so many people that are experiencing traumatic events in their lives. It is just not right that people have to experience these things in their lives, but we need to put a stop to all sorts of social injustices in the world.
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